John bull, blind, maimed, and ragged, walks (right to left) near a chasm, the edge of which stretches across the foreground of the design. His wooden right arm terminates in a hook to which is attached a cord from the collar of a lean greyhound with the head of pitt (as in bmsat 8794). Pitt drags him forward and slightly towards the gulf; in his mouth is a large bare bone, his collar is inscribed 'licenc'd to lead'. In john bull's left hand is a staff, on his back a burden inscribed 'loans'. He has a wooden leg, which a dog with the head of sheridan and a collar inscribed 'licenc'd to bite' is biting savagely. Behind and on the extreme right is a dog with the head of grey, and a collar inscribed 'grey hound'; he bites john bull's coat. Fox, a mastiff with a fox's brush, stands behind pitt, glaring fiercely, on his collar is 'licenc'd to bark'. Behind is grass and a tree (left) and in the distance the roofs and spires of london, showing st. Paul's. After the title: "among the faithless, faithful only found". 20 april 1796
hand-coloured etching. Date: 1796. Dimensions: Height: 255 mm; Width: 360 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Charles James Fox. Collection: British Museum. John Bull & his dog faithful;- (BM 1851,0901.795)
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