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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

John Bull turned leveller

John Lewis Marks
John Bull turned leveller
Published

London : Published by I.L. Marks, 91, Long Lane, Smithfield, [1833]

hand-colored woodcut and letterpress
77 x 215 mm
Peel 2179
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

John Bull pushes a roller marked "Reform" over wigged representatives of old corruption, saying, "Ecod! I wish I had thought of this method of Levelling the Land Thirty Years ago, I should'nt have had such hard work on't now : the heaps of old Rubbish breaks easy enough, it shows they're quite rotton, -- push a hoy! -- any thing's better than Starvation."

Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Marks, John Lewis, publisher.
Classification
Department