Politeness [graphic] / J.N. fecit et invt. 1779.

[London] : [publisher not identified], publish'd 8th Decr. 1779.

1 print : etching with roulette & aquatint, sepia ; sheet 18 x 23 cm

"John Bull (left) and a Frenchman (right) sit on two chairs; each scowls over his shoulder at the other. The Englishman is stout and plainly dressed, his hair is short and without powder, he wears top-boots. In his right hand he holds a foaming tankard which rests on his knee; in his left is a gnarled stick. The Frenchman is thin, wears a pigtail queue, ruffled shirt and laced waistcoat. He clutches in both hands a bowl in which is a spoon, evidently the soup-meagre of English caricature. Each man has a dog under his chair, and the beasts snarl at each other. The English dog is some sort of mastiff; his collar is inscribed "T. Crus[ty]"; the French dog is of greyhound type. Over John Bull's head is engraved "You be D------m'd"; over the Frenchman's, "Vous etes une Bete"."--British Museum online catalogue.

English

October 07, 2004

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, no. 5611