The Bull in Jeopardy; or, The Curs triumphant.
A Sharpshooter fec.
Pub. Oct. 19 1829 by S. Gans 15 Southampton Street Strand.
Hand-coloured etching. 240 x 362mm (9½ x 14¼") Cut. Remains of album sheet verso.
A large bull, with the head of John Bull, is held down with difficulty by Wellington, Peel, and O'Connell who strain at a thick rope inscribed 'Catholic Bill', which encircles the bull's horns and head and is drawn through a staple so that its head is almost on the ground. The furious animal tries to get at four dogs with human heads who menace a turkey with the turbaned head of the Sultan. The largest cur, with [N]'icolas' on its collar, savages the bird which is on its back. The others are 'Miguel’; a puny dog clipped in the French manner, evidently Charles X, and one in a cocked hat who is probably Francis I. All watch the bull apprehensively. Wellington and Peel, the latter in a battered top-hat, wear long gaiters and short jackets, O'Connell wears a barrister's wig and an apron over breeches; he grasps the end of the rope and looks over his shoulder at the bull with fierce satisfaction.
BM Satires 15888.
[Ref: 52314] £230.00
Pub. Oct. 19 1829 by S. Gans 15 Southampton Street Strand.
Hand-coloured etching. 240 x 362mm (9½ x 14¼") Cut. Remains of album sheet verso.
A large bull, with the head of John Bull, is held down with difficulty by Wellington, Peel, and O'Connell who strain at a thick rope inscribed 'Catholic Bill', which encircles the bull's horns and head and is drawn through a staple so that its head is almost on the ground. The furious animal tries to get at four dogs with human heads who menace a turkey with the turbaned head of the Sultan. The largest cur, with [N]'icolas' on its collar, savages the bird which is on its back. The others are 'Miguel’; a puny dog clipped in the French manner, evidently Charles X, and one in a cocked hat who is probably Francis I. All watch the bull apprehensively. Wellington and Peel, the latter in a battered top-hat, wear long gaiters and short jackets, O'Connell wears a barrister's wig and an apron over breeches; he grasps the end of the rope and looks over his shoulder at the bull with fierce satisfaction.
BM Satires 15888.
[Ref: 52314] £230.00