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1.
Iohn Bull on a bed of roses [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[July 1806]
Call Number:
806.07.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"John Bull, a plebeian, stout and dishevelled, lies on his back on a tangle of large roses with vicious thorns. These are on a heap of stones and under the stump of a decayed oak tree (left). He exclaims: "Oh Lord! Oh Lord! if this be the Bed of Roses...
Alternative Title:
John Bull on a bed of roses
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1806 by Wm. Holland, Cockspur Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, John Bull (Symbolic character), Roses, Thorns, and Taxes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Iohn Bull on a bed of roses [graphic].

2.
A comfortable thing to be king of Greece [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[6 March 1830]
Call Number:
830.03.06.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Prince Leopold sits enthroned, flanked by his new subjects; he wears uniform with a crown, and sits on a two-tiered circular dais in a chair of state, the seat of which is covered with giant thorns. Punctured and frightened, he grasps the arms of his...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. March 6, 1830 by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865
Subject (Topic):
Greeks, Ethnic stereotypes, Thrones, Crowns, Thorns, Knives, Pipes (Smoking), and Clergy
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A comfortable thing to be king of Greece [graphic]