Keywords: Bodleian Libraries, Iohn Bull on a bed of roses.jpg Satire on the Ministry of All the Talents British political cartoon ; A satire on the idea that Pitt's management of the war had provided the Grenville ministry with 'a bed of roses ' The cartoon suggests Pitt's war policy and financial management had left a national debt for the future and made necessary a large number of taxes John Bull lies on the roses whose thorns prick him while the English oak withers and dies ; Mounted 240 x 336 sheet mm; etching exhibition history Source filename politi004-acd-0001-0 object history object type Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-100 cc-by-4 0 place of creation London England William Holland place of discovery http //digital bodleian ox ac uk/inquire/p//9a132d4d-2007-40db-8dd3-98590e5d335b Digital Bodleian Template Bodleian Libraries Iohn Bull on a bed of roses Uploaded with GWToolset Bodleian Libraries Iohn Bull on a bed of roses http //iiif bodleian ox ac uk/iiif/image/9a132d4d-2007-40db-8dd3-98590e5d335b/full/ 1000 1000/0/default jpg Files uploaded by the Bodleian Libraries' Wikimedian In Residence 1806 works in the United Kingdom John Bull Taxes Curzon Collection |