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John Bull & his dog Faithful : "Among the faithless faithful only found".

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James Gillray
1756-1815

John Bull & his dog Faithful : "Among the faithless faithful only found".

[London] : Pubd. April 20th 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1796]
etching, hand colored
image: 236 x 347 mm; plate mark: 254 x 358 mm; sheet: 265 x 369 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.409
Notes
By James Gillray.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows John Bull, blind, maimed, and ragged, walking beside a chasm, the edge of which stretches across the foreground of the design. His wooden right arm terminates in a hook to which is attached a cord from the collar of a greyhound with the head of Pitt. Pitt drags him forward and slightly towards the gulf; in his mouth is a large bare bone, his collar is inscribed 'Licenc'd to Lead'. In John Bull's left hand is a staff, on his back a burden inscribed 'Loans'. He has a wooden leg, which a dog with the head of Sheridan and a collar inscribed 'Licenc'd to Bite' is biting savagely. Behind and on the extreme right is a dog with the head of Grey, and a collar inscribed 'Grey Hound'; he bites John Bull's coat. Fox, a mastiff with a fox's brush, stands behind Pitt, wearing as collar inscribed 'Licenc'd to Bark'.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department