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Title
The tree of Liberty, -with, the Devil tempting John Bull
Description
This print shows Charles James Fox as a twined serpent, slithering round a bare and decayed oak tree. His scaly tail is coiled round the upper branches of the tree and its tip issues from a large bonnet-rouge reading ‘Liberté.’ He holds out a damaged apple inscribed ‘Reform’ and while saying “nice Apple, Johnny! –nice Apple.” The allegorical figure of Britain, John Bull, stands on the left. The pockets of his coat and waistcoat bulge with round golden apples. He pears back at Fox and says “Very nice N’apple indeed!-but my Pokes are all full of Pippins from off t’other Tree: & besides, I hate Medlars, they’re so domn’d rotten! that I’se afraid they’ll gie me the Guts-ach for all their vine looks!”
Creator
James Gillray
Source
The British Museum
Publisher
Hannah Humphrey
Date
Published 23 May 1798 in London
Contributor
The British Museum
Rights
© Trustees of the British Museum
Format
Hand-colored etching
Image: 36.5 x 26.1 cm
Type
Still Image