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28. The night mare [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [13 August 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.08.13.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- John Bull lies on his back in bed, his mouth gaping; Pitt, a goblin creature, sits on his chest in profile to the right, holding above his upturned head a loaf inscribed '13 Pence'. Pitt has a huge head, much caricatured, with starting eyeballs; his hair stands up and the bag of his queue, inscribed 'Taxes', flies out behind him. Through a casement window (left) looks a fantastic French republican, with bulging eyeballs and fang-like teeth, glaring at John Bull; from his neck hangs the model of a guillotine. Behind his head is a waning moon. Beside him are the words: 'Republic War and Famine for Ever.' Beneath the bed is a chamber-pot inscribed 'John Bull'; beside it is a chair on which stands a candle
- Alternative Title:
- Nightmare
- Description:
- Title etched below image., A satire, on the burderns of war and dearth in 1795, alluding to Henry Fuseli's "The Nightmare"., Tentatively attributed to West in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials G R below.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Augst. 13, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and France
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Hair powder, Taxation, History, Foreign public opinion, British, Chamber pots, and Demons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The night mare [graphic].
29. The present state of John Bull [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 7 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- John Bull stands defiantly in the center of a crowd of angry men -- military officers, gentlemen of various ages, tradesmen, and an amputee -- most of whom hold out bills ranging between £50 and £5000; the speech bubbles above their heads read: "King's taxes"; "Police rate"; "Parish rates"; "Excise duties"; "Tithes church rates pew rents & Easter doos [sic]"; "Sundres &c." John Bull's response reads, "Damme ye had better devour me., ye voratious crew. Am I never to have my hands out of my pocket again, but 't wont last long lads. I shall soon be in the Gazette & then ye lazy drones ye must work hard for you own livings." The man with a large belly on the lower right carries a little dog under his arm
- Description:
- Title from caption written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Paper watermarked: J.R. 1828., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxation, Anger, Crowds, Demonstrations, Dogs, Men, Military officers, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The present state of John Bull [art original]
30. The victorious procession to St. Paul's, or Billy's grand triumphal entry a prelude / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 December 1797]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 797.12.11.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satirical representation of a procession to St. Paul's for the national thanksgiving for the naval victories. Lord Hawkesbury, Duke of Richmond, Loughborough, Wilberforce, George Rose, Horsely, Bishop of Rochester, John Bull, Pitt, Windham and Dundas (with two companions in traditional Scottish dress) are all recognizable carrying objects that suggest their role in the government policy which led to the tripling of the assessed taxes and the burden of taxation in general
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printseller's statement following the imprint: Folios of caricatures lent., "A prelude" has been burnished from plate and etched in again further to the right, leaving a gap at the end of the first part of the title., and For further information consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Decr. 11, 1797 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806, Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Rose, George, 1744-1818, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, and Windham, William, 1750-1810
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxation, History, Parades & processions, and Taxes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The victorious procession to St. Paul's, or Billy's grand triumphal entry a prelude / [graphic]
31. The wonderful strong man!! [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Novr. 15, 1797.
- Call Number:
- Drawer 797.11.15.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "John Bull stands full-face, supporting a monstrous burden; he is short in proportion to his breadth by reason of the weight which presses on him, drops fall down his face; his breeches pockets, inscribed 'Empty', hang inside out. On his shoulders sits Pitt, his slim ankles crossed under John's chin. On his back, behind Pitt and extending far beyond his shoulders, is a vast burden inscribed (left): 'Subsidies - Taxes!! Taxes - More Taxes!! More Taxes!!!!'; and right: 'Subsidies - Taxes - Debt- More Money!!' On one end (left) sits Dundas, looking to the left, in Highland dress; on the other sits a schoolboy, evidently intended for Canning. On the top of the burden stand seven men, all wearing ribbons and evidently representing placemen and pensioners; they support on their hands and heads a long treasure-chest, heavily padlocked and inscribed: 'Benefices - Candle ends and Cheese Parings.' On the right and left of this sit jauntily two corpulent parsons, hands on hips. Between them, a hand on the head of each, stands, full-face, a stout and grinning bishop, with inflated lawn sleeves. His mitre forms the apex of the monstrous pyramid. Pitt turns his head in profile to the left, he and Dundas have expressions of concern; all the others appear complacent or pleased."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Holland, N. 50 Oxford St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Canning, George, 1770-1827, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Windham, William, 1750-1810
- Subject (Topic):
- Taxation and John Bull (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The wonderful strong man!! [graphic].
