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English: The Tree of LIBERTY, – with, the Devil tempting John Bull: A caricature by James Gillray, showing Charles James Fox as Satan, tempting John Bull with the rotten fruit of the opposition tree of Liberty. John's pockets are already full with the golden apples of the loyalist tree in the background.

Round a bare and decayed oak tree is twined a serpent with the head of Fox; he holds a damaged apple inscribed "reform" to John Bull, who is fat and his pockets bulge with golden apples. The trunk of the tree is "opposition"; its roots are: envy, ambition, disappointment. Each rotten apple has an inscription: democracy, treason, slavery, etc. In the background is an oak in full leaf: its trunk is "Justice", the roots Commons, King, Lords, the branches Laws and Religion. From it hangs a crown surrounded by apples, some inscribed Freedom, Happiness, Security.

1 print : etching, hand-colored.

London : pubd. by H. Humphrey, 1798 May 23d.
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Source Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-3140 (color film copy transparency), uncompressed archival TIFF version (4 MB), cropped and converted to JPEG with the GIMP 2.4.5, image quality 88.
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James Gillray  (1756–1815)  wikidata:Q520806 s:en:Author:James Gillray q:en:James Gillray
 
James Gillray
Alternative names
James Gilray; Gillay; Gillray
Description British caricaturist and engraver
Date of birth/death 13 August 1756 Edit this at Wikidata 1 June 1815 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q520806
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