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1. John Bull, or, An Englishman's fireside! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 1833.
- Call Number:
- 834.04.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Satire on attempts to enforce Observance of the Sabbath. John Bull sits miserably in a corner of a room. In the five lines etched at the top of image, we learn that he has no food or tobacco and is unable to go out for fear of the 'Arm'd Blue Devil' (i.e., a bearded 'bobby' or a Metropolitan Policeman, a member of the force founded by Sir Robert Peel in 1829) who can be seen through a window with a cracked pane. John Bull complainant about "Observing the Sabbath with a vengeance" is a response to Sir Andrew Agnew, the Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire, attempt to enforce better Observance of the Sabbath through the introduction of four bills to the House of Commons between 1830 and 1847. On his third attempt Charles Dickens wrote 'Sunday Under Three Heads' (1836), a personal attack on Agnew, whom he described as a fanatic, motivated by resentment of the idea that those poorer than himself might have any pleasure in life. Agnew left Parliament in 1837, ending the campaign
- Alternative Title:
- Englishman's fireside!
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Five lines of text in letterpress above image: Here's a pretty pass things are come to! This is observing the Sabbath with a vengeance! ...
- Publisher:
- Pub. by G. Tregear, 123 Cheapside
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Agnew, Andrew, Sabbath legislation, John Bull (Symbolic character), Distress, Interiors, Police, and Starvation
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Bull, or, An Englishman's fireside! [graphic]
2. John Bull, or, An Englishman's fireside! [graphic].
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1833]
- Call Number:
- 840.00.00.31+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Satire on attempts to enforce Observance of the Sabbath. John Bull sits miserably in a corner of a room. In the five lines etched at the top of image, we learn that he has no food or tobacco and is unable to go out for fear of the 'Arm'd Blue Devil' (i.e., a bearded 'bobby' or a Metropolitan Policeman, a member of the force founded by Sir Robert Peel in 1829) who can be seen through a window with a cracked pane. John Bull complainant about "Observing the Sabbath with a vengeance" is a response to Sir Andrew Agnew, the Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire, attempt to enforce better Observance of the Sabbath through the introduction of four bills to the House of Commons between 1830 and 1847. On his third attempt Charles Dickens wrote 'Sunday Under Three Heads' (1836), a personal attack on Agnew, whom he described as a fanatic, motivated by resentment of the idea that those poorer than himself might have any pleasure in life. Agnew left Parliament in 1837, ending the campaign
- Alternative Title:
- Englishman's fireside!
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Attributed to Charles Jameson Grant in the British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Five lines of text above image: Here's a pretty pass things are come to! This is observing the Sabbath with a vengeance! ..., 1 print : wood engraving on wove paper ; sheet 33.7 x 23.8 cm., Imperfect; trimmed with loss of series title and numbering from top edge and imprint from bottom edge., and Formerly misidentified as having an 1840 publication date.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Agnew, Andrew, Sabbath legislation, John Bull (Symbolic character), Distress, Interiors, Police, and Starvation
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Bull, or, An Englishman's fireside! [graphic].
3. John Bull, or, An Englishman's fireside! [graphic].
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1833]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Satire on attempts to enforce Observance of the Sabbath. John Bull sits miserably in a corner of a room. In the five lines etched at the top of image, we learn that he has no food or tobacco and is unable to go out for fear of the 'Arm'd Blue Devil' (i.e., a bearded 'bobby' or a Metropolitan Policeman, a member of the force founded by Sir Robert Peel in 1829) who can be seen through a window with a cracked pane. John Bull complainant about "Observing the Sabbath with a vengeance" is a response to Sir Andrew Agnew, the Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire, attempt to enforce better Observance of the Sabbath through the introduction of four bills to the House of Commons between 1830 and 1847. On his third attempt Charles Dickens wrote 'Sunday Under Three Heads' (1836), a personal attack on Agnew, whom he described as a fanatic, motivated by resentment of the idea that those poorer than himself might have any pleasure in life. Agnew left Parliament in 1837, ending the campaign
- Alternative Title:
- Englishman's fireside!
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Attributed to Charles Jameson Grant in the British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Five lines of text above image: Here's a pretty pass things are come to! This is observing the Sabbath with a vengeance! ..., Lower left corner chewed., and No. 4 in a collection bound in blue wrappers.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Agnew, Andrew, Sabbath legislation, John Bull (Symbolic character), Distress, Interiors, Police, and Starvation
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Bull, or, An Englishman's fireside! [graphic].
