Reform advised, reform begun, reform compleat, Thomas Rowlandson

Reform Advised: John Bull, in his comfortable easy chair, and wearing the homely and decent clothes of a well-to-do citizen, is seated beside his substantial fare of good roast beef and plum pudding, with his mug of ' home-brewed.' Three of the French reformers are taking compassion upon his peaceful ignorance ; they have come over from Paris expressly to convert him to the advantages of the new order of things. Reform Begun discovers John Bull under altered circumstances ; his broadcloth is all in tatters, he has a wooden leg, and is shoeless ; in his hand is a frog, which he despairs of relishing : 'A pretty Reform, indeed ; you have deprived me of my leg, and given me nothing but frogs to eat ; I shall be starved ; I am no Frenchman!' Reform complete shows the national prototype thrown to the ground, and quite powerless under the results of the new regime.

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Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.

Томас Роулландсон 1756 1827 гравюры и рисунки Бостонская публичная библиотека отдел искусств революционеры Джон Булл символический персонаж офорты сатиры изобразительные произведения отпечатки английский Томас Роулендсон 1756 1827 реформа reform compleat сверхвысокое разрешение высокое разрешение Томас Роулендсон 1757 1827 Томас Роулландсон 18-ый век британский

1793

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