James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, John Bull at His Studies. Attended by His Guardian Angell, 1799
- Title:
- John Bull at His Studies. Attended by His Guardian Angell
- Date:
- 1799
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10in. (25.4cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper left: "I' have read many crabbed things in the course of my time - but this for an easy piece of Business is the toughest to understand I ever met with'"; upper right: "'Cease rude Boreas blustering railer, Trust yout Fortunes care to me.'"; center: "Tax upon Income | A plain, short, and easy description of the difference clauses in the income tax as to render it familiar to the meanest capacity"; center right: "The sweet little chorus that sits up aloft to keep watch for the purse of poor Jack"; lettered below image, lower center: "John Bull at His Studies. Attended by His Gaurdian Angell."; lower left: "Pubd March 13th by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly"; lower right: "Folios of Carracatures lent out fot the evening"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1138
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caricature | caricatures | satire
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:45196
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