Cruikshank (Robert)

a satire on the state of the nation in the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars, a time of widespread unrest and economic hardship, compounded by a bad harvest, depicting a demonic, skeletal, Castlereagh standing barefoot on John Bull’s shoulders, plunging a lance into his heart, the latter tipping over the Regent’s chair as he falls back,

original hand-coloured etching, 350 x 245 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 5/8 in), [BM Satires 12794],