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Nine pen-and-ink caricatures titled The Evolution of John Bull, showing the figure in different costumes and poses.

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The Evolution of John Bull, Thomas Rowlandson, Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This page is a grid of nine caricature drawings arranged under the heading The Evolution of John Bull, showing the national personification in varying dress and poses across several decades. The figures range from a slim standing man with a cane to a seated stout figure with a dog at his feet, rendered in pen and ink with hatching.

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