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John Bulls alternative. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

John Bulls alternative. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

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Print shows John Bull (representing England) standing on his toes on a rock, a rope around his neck and tied to a limb above him; on the right, across a body of water (probably representing the English Channel) stands a Frenchman holding a leek which he offers to John Bull.

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5860
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 803.

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01/01/1781
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