Great_Britain_Cartoon

Published June 7, 2016 at 1024 × 708 in What would Brexit mean for the UK’s conflict prevention and peace-building influence outside the EU?

The Present State of Great Britain, 1779. Artist, J. Phillips. Credit – Boston Public Library, flickr.com

18th century cartoon. John Bull protected by a Scot (Bute) who is holding off a foppish Frenchman with one hand while helping John Bull to hold up a staff with a liberty cap with the other hand. A Dutchman picks john Bull’s pocket while an American Indian steals the liberty cap. This is one of the few pro-Scottish cartoons extant.