Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Gillray, 1756–1815, British
Title:
John Bull Ground Down
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 x 13 1/4in. (24.1 x 33.7cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered upper center: "'Murder! Murder!'"; upper right: "'What! what! what! Murder hay! | Why, you poor Stupe, is it not for | the good of your Country! hay! hay' | 'Grind away! grind away | grind away Billy! never | mind his bawling! | grind away'"; center left: "Debts of Honor... | Money Lent at £ 500 pr Cent..."; center right: "' God save great George our K..."; lower right: "design'd by Fs. Ls. Esqr. | Pubd. June 7st. 1795 by H, Humphrey N. 37. New Bond Street"; lower center: "JOHN BULL ground down"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.905
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:43721