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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
- 4 - Unattributed prints and prints by other artists - 1789-c.1840

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/4/40
Former Reference	D5459/2/37
Title	John Bull Reading the Extraordinary Red Book
Date	[1816]
Description	John Bull sits in a chair reading the 'red book' of pensions. He is stamping his feet and shaking his fist, and his wig has flown off in his rage. He says: "Oh!! - Monstrous!! - that twenty-six state cormorants should swallow annually an aggregate sum; under the name of salaries, independent of the indefinible[sic] emoluments which result from the other sources of gain amounting to £453,652 can we any longer wonder that the love of place in these men should supersede every more exalted consideration". On the table next to him lies the mace and a list of names with the pensions they are paid, including Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville. To the right of John Bull sit the MPs. One holds a giant 'List of Placemen \| Pensions \| and Sinecures', which lists prominent political figures and their pensions. These include Ellenborough, Eldon and Castlereagh. The MPs reply to John Bull: "I swallow £10,000 and do very little for it", "and I £16,00 - for doing next to nothing", "and I 40,000£ for doing less", "and I £71,000 for doing nothing at all". On the right a man in Scottish dress, taking snuff, adds: "And I 18,000 for doing worse." Available on CD 167.
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Artist	Elmes
Archive Creator	George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information	205 by Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside Date based on BM Sat 12781 The subject of corruption and sinecurists was of recurrent interest.
Privacy Notice	Data Subjects in Archives Privacy Notice
Physical Description	Hand-coloured print. Size 430 x 273 mm.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related Material	See D5459/1/93/31 etc for more on the campaign against corruption. See D5458/1/93/1etc for more depictions of Dundas. See D5459/1/93/13 etc for more on Castlereagh.
Publication Note	BM Sat 12781
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