TITLE: The faith of treaties exemplified or John Bull's last effort to oblige his false friends / S.W.F. CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 8477 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-6849 (color film copy transparency) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: A satire on the diplomatic situation in 1794, showing French soldiers shooting at raging bull, and saying "Vive la republic, Blood & plunder, no quarter to John Bull!" To the bull's back is strapped a bundle inscribed "Debt Debt" and to its hind leg is chained a heavy weight inscribed "Subsidies." Behind the bull, England's allies turn their backs and depart down roads marked by signposts. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching, hand-colored. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : Pub. by S.W. Fores, 1794 July 17. NOTES: Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8477 SUBJECTS: John Bull (Symbolic character)--1790-1800. International relations--England--1790-1800. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1790-1800.Etchings Hand-colored 1790-1800. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3g06849 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g06849 CONTROL #: 99406094
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