John Bull being bled while lying in bed and surrounded by four women; referring to Britain being drained of resources by Peel's new government. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1842.

Selected images from this work

The container which is catching John Bull's blood is inscribed: "Treasury" and the knife used to make the incision is inscribed: "Income Tax"

[London] (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, October 1842 (London 70 St Martin's Lane)

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; border 28.3 x 37.9 cm.

The Peeliades in attempting to give their father eternal life, "Bleed him to death." HB

Too late for the British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1870-1954