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 : The British Butcher, supplying John Bull with a substitute f


The British Butcher, supplying John Bull with a substitute f

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

Picture No
11099804
Media ID
46677696
Size
2871px x 3972px (11.2MB)
Credit
© Historic Royal Palaces / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
James Gillray (1756-1815)
Date
1795

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1759-1806 1795 Bent Breeches Butcher Dismayed Groping Hungry Knees Lean Mutton Says Substitute Supplying


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