James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, John Bull Ground Down, 1795
- Title:
- John Bull Ground Down
- Date:
- 1795
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/2 x 13 1/4in. (24.1 x 33.7cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered upper center: "'Murder! Murder!'"; upper right: "'What! what! what! Murder hay! | Why, you poor Stupe, is it not for | the good of your Country! hay! hay' | 'Grind away! grind away | grind away Billy! never | mind his bawling! | grind away'"; center left: "Debts of Honor... | Money Lent at £ 500 pr Cent..."; center right: "' God save great George our K..."; lower right: "design'd by Fs. Ls. Esqr. | Pubd. June 7st. 1795 by H, Humphrey N. 37. New Bond Street"; lower center: "JOHN BULL ground down"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.905
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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