"George III guides (left to right) a plough which is drawn by a snorting bull; he is blindfolded and wears a crown and the garter ribbon; from his pocket hangs a fragment of "Magna Charta". Lord North rides on the bull, urging him forward with a whip,...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published June 2 1780 by W [... ] Printseller [...]
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793., and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Papacy, Gordon Riots, 1780, Clergy, Demons, Plows, and Bulls
Leaf 6. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A bull, snorting ferociously, has tossed a Spaniard high in the air, a shower of coins falls from his pockets. The bull is attempting to charge a Frenchman and an American (right), the latter being an Indian brave, holding a spear and wearing a girdl...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 4th, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand [i.e. Field & Tuer] and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), History, and Bulls
"A bull, snorting ferociously, has tossed a Spaniard high in the air, a shower of coins falls from his pockets. The bull is attempting to charge a Frenchman and an American (right), the latter being an Indian brave, holding a spear and wearing a girdl...
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 4th, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), History, and Bulls
"A bull, snorting ferociously, has tossed a Spaniard high in the air, a shower of coins falls from his pockets. The bull is attempting to charge a Frenchman and an American (right), the latter being an Indian brave, holding a spear and wearing a girdl...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub'd 4th Jany. 1780. by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), History, and Bulls
"A bull, snorting ferociously, has tossed a Spaniard high in the air, a shower of coins falls from his pockets. The bull is attempting to charge a Frenchman and an American (right), the latter being an Indian brave, holding a spear and wearing a girdl...
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 4th, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), History, and Bulls
Drawn bookplate of Richard Bull, with his arms above and his name and residence written within a banner below. The heads of bulls, colored red, feature prominently on the crest and shield. The banner for the motto, outlined in red, is left blank
Alternative Title:
Richard Bull Esqr. of Northcourt, Isle of Wight and Bookplate: Coat of arms of Richard Bull
Description:
Title written in ink within banner at bottom of image; alternative title devised by curator.
