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A monkey turns the crank on an organ labeled “Home Sweet Home Rule” with one foot. It is wearing a hat with a feather labeled “Parnell,” and holding a shillelagh labeled “80 members” in one hand and in the other a chain attached to the belt of a British man labeled “J. Bull,” who is dancing. The British “Parliament” building is in the background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-12-23
Otto von Bismarck stands in the middle of a seesaw that is resting on the back of “Turkey” who is being refreshed with “English Salts” by John Bull, a carpet bag at his feet filled with papers labeled “Naval Supremacy, Egyptian Bonds, [and] Indian Trade.” Sitting on the left of the seesaw are “Montenegro, Russia, Roumania [sic], [and] Bulgaria,” and sitting on the right are “Herzegovina,” an unidentified figure holding a rifle and wearing a turban, “Servia [sic], [and] Austria”, who are holding on to another unidentified figure, possibly Greece. Caption: Bismarck keeps the balance, and the Turk pays the freight.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1886-01-27
Four aged, nude suffragists try to drag John Bull into a pool of water labeled “Woman Suffrage.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-04-23
Uncle Sam, as Rip Van Winkle, returns from his tariff sleep to discover that other countries now dominate foreign trade. His old rifle labeled “Monopoly Tariff” is outdated. John Bull sits with other representatives of foreign countries outside the “Inn of South American Trade.” In the background, steamships with flags of many nations unload freight. An insert shows a map and “The North Americans Idea of the Western Hemisphere.” Caption: Sam Van Winkle finds a lot of hustling strangers in his place at the inn.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-02-08