John Bull triumphant – Antique Wall Art
![John Bull triumphant, [London] : Publish'd by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand, 1780 Jany. 4th. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/01/0140c808016b-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic print captures John Bull triumphant in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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John Bull triumphant
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A stout bull standing in for England gives this etching its central figure, and the title "John Bull Triumphant" announces the joke before the viewer reaches the details. The print was issued in London in January 1780 by W. Humphrey from his shop on the Strand. John Arbuthnot had introduced John Bull as a national personification in 1712, and by the late 1770s he was a familiar figure in English political caricature. In 1780 Britain was fighting the American colonies, and France and Spain had joined the war against it, so a boast of triumph invites a closer look at how the nation's fortunes actually stood.
| Created / published | [London] : Publish'd by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand, 1780 Jany. 4th. |
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| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780.Etchings British 1780. |
| Notes | Title from item. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5624 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. 763. |
| Subjects | John Bull (Symbolic character)--1780. Bulls--England--1780. International relations--England--1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,012 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109504 |
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