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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.
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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