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John Bull triumphant.
1780
Print shows a bull tossing a Spaniard into the air, the Earl of Bute, Lord North, and the Earl of Mansfield are attempting to hold it back by pulling on its tail; a Frenchman and America (represented by indigenous man wearing a feathered headdress and skirt) are standing on the right frightened by the actions of the bull; and an amused Dutchman is sitting on a keg of gin on the left.
Collections
Part of
Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
Part of
Comic Art Collections
Several Princeton collections have strong holdings in comic art, cartoons, and pictorial satire. The Graphic Arts Collection has several thousand caricatures in the form of prints or drawings, mainly in the Dickson Q. Brown '95 Collection of Thomas Rowlandson and the Richard W. Meirs '88 Collection of George Cruikshank.
Part of
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Part of
James Gillray Cartoons
James Gillray (1756–1815) was a British artist known for his caricatures and satirical prints.
Metadata
- Call Number
- E-North 38/GC024/18th-Century American Caricatures/Normal/18th c./Caricatures GA 2024.02992
- People
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- Related Name
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815
- Language
- English
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