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John Bull and a French soldier facing each other, with rats, frogs, sheep and cattle behind: PD.30-2005

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

John Bull and a French soldier facing each other, with rats, frogs, sheep and cattle behind

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Cruikshank, Isaac

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite
Gum arabic
Ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper Height 391 mm Width 260 mm
Drawn Area Height 287 mm Width 218 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Pen and ink, watercolour with gum Arabic over graphite within border on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1C
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Original / drawing
  • Location: Lower left of drawing
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Accept kind Sir this tribute from a Friend / To show what stuff each country shall defend / John Bull you see stands as an awkward lubber / Bloated with ale, & filled with fat and blubber, / yet when reduced by drill in honest John / good hearty stuff there is to work upon / He, shall stand forth a champion in the field / To charge the musket or the broad sword wield / as stout as valiant [?] down by art / A figure graceful with a manly heart / Now for the contrast & poor Monsieur see / The friend of Bonaparte & Liberty / Such liberty I mean as they can boast / Who only know the name or sound at most, / Half starved and lean with leg of spindle make / That weight of knapsack seems (alone), to shake / His visage lank, & eke[?] his paunch so lean / As if those frogs his only food had been / Then shall we fear such trash shou'd they invade / No honest John shall cry, I be'ant afraid / I'll shew [deleted] what with good roast Beef may be done / And trounced such vermin half starved carrion
  • Location: Below drawing
  • Method of creation: Black ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.30-2005
Primary reference Number: 81793
Temporary Reitlinger Number: R.D.164
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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