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THBAmerican REVOLUTIONARY WAR Political Cartoon Print John Bull
Lot 183
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American Revolution
1783 American Revolution Theme British Political Cartoon
May 1, 1783-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Rare Satirical British Engraved Print titled, "Amusement for John Bull & his Cousin Paddy, or, the Gambols of the American Buffalo in St. James's Street.," Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.
Published on May 1, 1783, by I. Fiddling, Pater-noster Row, this highly Satirical Print depicts British ministers helping themselves to loaves and fish from a basket knocked over by a grinning American Buffalo. According to the description in the Library of Congress, the men depicted include: The Duke of Portland, Lord Cavendish, Lord North, Charles Fox, Lord Thurlow, Admiral Keppel, Lord Shelburne, and Thomas Pitt. Here, King George III watches the shameless opportunism from a window in the background. Printed on fine laid period paper and housed in a simple black wooden frame. Measures about 7.25" x 4.25" (sight), and the frame measures about 8.75" x 5.75". This historical Print is a unique commentary on the American Revolution, which has just ended at the time of its printing.
John Bull is a national personification of Great Britain in general, and England in particular, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works. He is usually depicted as a stout, middle-aged, country dwelling, jolly, matter-of-fact man.
John Bull originated in the creation of Dr John Arbuthnot in 1712, and was popularised first by British print makers. Arbuthnot created Bull in his pamphlet Law is a Bottomless Pit (1712)." Originally derided, William Hogarth and other British writers made Bull "a heroic archetype of the freeborn Englishman."
Later, the figure of Bull was disseminated overseas by illustrators and writers such as American cartoonist Thomas Nast and Irish writer George Bernard Shaw, author of John Bull's Other Island.
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