Poor Bull & his burden, or The political murraion!!!

Hand-colored etched caricature by and after Cruikshank, numbered 375, published Decr. 15th, 1819; fettered bull on ground supporting pyramid of political and soldier figures, lackeys, ecclesiastics etc. Personages include Nicholas Vansittart, John Bull, Robert Stewart, Henry Addington, and the Duke of Wellington. Hand-colored etched caricature by and after Cruikshank, numbered 375, published Decr. 15th, 1819; fettered bull on ground supporting pyramid of political and soldier figures, lackeys, ecclesiastics etc. Personages include Nicholas Vansittart, John Bull, Robert Stewart, Henry Addington, and the Duke of Wellington. Upright medium folio; plate mark, margins trimmed; slightly stained or yellowed. N.Y., Walter Schatzki, 1958.

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Original record: Poor Bull & his burden, or The political murraion!!!
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1800 – 1837
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 (artist)
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846 (publisher)
Subject(s): Army
Bulls in art
Caricatures and cartoons
Cruikshank
Etchings (Prints)
Great Britain
John Bull (Symbolic character)
N.Y., Walter Schatzki
Politics and government
Type: still image

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