Cruikshank (Robert)
John Bull's Last Kick,
J. Johnstone, 1816.
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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],
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