Sujet

'The Political Drama No. 4: John Bull; or, an Englishman's fireside!', 1834-1835. Creator: Charles Jameson Grant.

Légende

'The Political Drama No. 4: John Bull; or, an Englishman's fireside!', 1834-1835. 'Here's a pretty pass things are come to! This is Observing the Sabbath with a vengeance! Didn't get my week's wages last night till all the shops were shut up. Musn't go out except to chapel; not a crust in the house; not even a drop o' tea in the pot, no 'bacca [tobacco], not fire, no soap to shave myself with, and no nothing, an armed blue Devil [policeman] parading about the Street. So here I must sit a free born Briton, and listen to the Chapel Bell over the way, Praying next door, and Psalm singing in the cellar'. In a bare room with no fire, an emaciated John Bull is sitting on a chair, shivering; a policeman is outside the window. The subject is the proposed, 'Sabbath Bill', which was set to drastically control activities on the Sabbath. From The Political Drama [A series of caricatures].

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM25A23_372

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Droits gérés

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43,4Mo (2,6Mo) / 25,9cm x 42,0cm / 3061 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people male library job man men hunger cold home law window guy occupation tables British bill table police hungry policeman policemen century Britain profession furniture concept Sunday police officer legislation law enforcement B&W British Library allegory 19th century black & white black and white B W allegorical Sabbath allegorical figure nineteenth century artistic school John Bull satire Heritage Art 19th-century Charles Jameson Grant Grant Charles Jameson