1822
Radical Quacks Giving a New Constitution to John Bull!
George CruikshankBritish, 1792 - 1878
Cruikshank's print is representative of a recurrent theme in British political caricature: the nation (as personified by John Bull) portrayed as a sick patient being treated by physicians, getting worse as a result. Two radical members of parliament, Sir Francis Burdett and John Cam Hobhouse, are proposing various measures for parliamentary reform; their numerous drastic remedies including bleeding (a metaphor for excessive taxation), amputation, opiates, and various poisons.
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