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The British Butcher, supplying John Bull with a substitute for bread (etching)

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HRP2966586
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The British Butcher, supplying John Bull with a substitute for bread (etching)
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Gillray, James (1757-1815) / English
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etching
Date
1795 AD (C18th AD)
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William Pitt the younger (1759-1806), Prime Minister, is depicted as a butcher, holding up a leg of mutton to a hungry, lean, and dismayed John Bull, who stands with bent knees his hand groping in his breeches pocket. Pitt says: 'A Crown, - take it, or leave't'

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satirical drawing / food / Gillray James (1757-1815) / England / United Kingdom / Europe / artist / art / privilege / humour / british butcher / poor / man / poverty / hungry / prime minister / austerity / starving / meat / wealth / pitt the younger / hunger / butcher / political / mutton / politician / rich / male / caricature / politics / satirical / wealthy / satire / pauper / william pitt / john bull
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Largest available format 2871 × 3972 px 11 MB
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Large 2871 × 3972 px 243 × 336 mm 11.2 MB
Medium 740 × 1024 px 63 × 87 mm 1.2 MB

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