{"id":9176,"date":"2017-03-30T15:25:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T19:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=9176"},"modified":"2017-03-30T15:25:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T19:25:34","slug":"john-bull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/john-bull\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibit | Preparing John Bull for General Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9177\" style=\"width: 10983px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/john-bull\/john-bull-for-general-congress-image\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9177\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9177 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2017\/03\/John-Bull-for-General-Congress-Image.jpg\" width=\"10983\" height=\"5766\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preparing John Bull for General Congress, George Cruikshank (British, 1780-1842); hand-colored etching on wove paper; London: W.N. Jones, August 1, 1813; Brown University Library, Special Collections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From April 3 &#8211; 30, 2017, the image,\u00a0<em>Preparing John Bull for General Congress<\/em> (1813),<em>\u00a0<\/em>will be on display in the second floor landing case of the John Hay Library.<\/p>\n<p>Shown above, the Napoleonic caricature\u00a0depicts John Bull backed against a tree, which is being hacked to pieces by malevolent pygmies representing Britain\u2019s many pressing domestic and foreign problems. An American gunboat on the left is manned by two disreputable-looking sailors and a captain while flying a tattered Stars and Stripes and the pennant of the frigate USS <em>President<\/em>. As an enraged, muzzled bulldog representing the Royal Navy looks on, the American captain fires a swivel gun at John Bull\u2019s right leg, representing the West Indies, as he shouts \u201cD[am]n that Bull Dog. The Shannon he has gored the Chesapeake, if the English ministers will but keep him out of our way we\u2019ll pepper the dog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the far right\u00a0Napoleon sits in front of his tent, his right foot resting on a globe while he cheerfully exclaims, \u201cWhen you have finished your labors gentlemen bring him to me &amp; I will prepare his epitaph.\u201d The title refers to the Congress of Prague (June 4-August 10, 1813), at which Metternich attempted in vain to negotiate a peace between Napoleon and the Allies.<\/p>\n<p>The print was drawn by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Cruikshank\">George Cruikshank<\/a>\u00a0for volume VI of <em>The Scourge, <\/em>a monthly satirical journal published in London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dates:<\/strong>\u00a0April 3 \u2013 April 30, 2017<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/hay\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Hay Library Hours<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Second Floor, John Hay Library, 20 Prospect Street, Providence, RI<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From April 3 &#8211; 30, 2017, the image,\u00a0Preparing John Bull for General Congress (1813),\u00a0will be on display in the second floor landing case of the John Hay Library. Shown above, the Napoleonic caricature\u00a0depicts John Bull backed against a tree, which is being hacked to pieces by malevolent pygmies representing Britain\u2019s many pressing domestic and foreign <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/john-bull\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Exhibit | Preparing John Bull for General Congress<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,34,35,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exhibits-events","category-exhibits-events-special-collections","category-general-interest","category-special-collections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}