page_title: William Charles (cartoonist)
section_title: JOHNNY BULL and the ALEXANDRIANS
hierarchical_section_title: William Charles (cartoonist) / Individual cartoons / JOHNNY BULL and the ALEXANDRIANS
caption_attribution_description: English: JOHNNY BULL and the ALEXANDRIANS (1814) By William Charles Engraving, Political cartoon. John Bull: "I must have all your Flour,_ All your Tobacco,_ All your Provisions,_ All your Ships,_ All your Merchandize,_ every thing except your Porter and Perry,_ keep them out of my sight, I've had enough of them already._" Kneeling American: "Pray Mr Bull don't be too hard with us._ You know we were always friendly, even in the time of our Embargo!_" British Soldier 1: "Push on Jack, the yankeys are not all so Cowardly as these Fellows here_ let's make the best of our time._" British Soldier 2 (Jack): "Huzza boys!!! More Rum more Tobacco!_" Bull is holding a long scroll titled Terms of Capitulation. David Porter and Oliver Perry were American heroes of the War of 1812. Jack is holding three kegs labeled BEST Virginia, N.E. RUM, and BEST Virginia, respectively. The title JOHNNY BULL and the ALEXANDRIANS is below the cartoon panel, along with printing information: Phda Pubd and Sold Whole sale by Wm Charles. Enter'd according to Act of Congress. Wm Charles Sc. Abbreviations are Philadelphia, published, William, and Sculptor.
context_page_description: William Charles was a Scottish-born engraver who emigrated to the United States and is now known best for his political cartoons, especially "The Hartford Convention or LEAP NO LEAP", perhaps the most widely printed illustration regarding that historic subject.
  He was born in Edinburgh but little is known about his early life and training. Charles had published political caricatures in Edinburgh and London before immigrating to America. He worked extensively in New York and Philadelphia from about 1806 until his death.
  "Charles ... must be regarded as an instrumental figure in transferring the techniques and vocabulary of the English caricaturists to an American context," according to Lorraine Welling Lanmon.
  Satirical cartoons were his forte, but he also created landscapes and book illustrations. He worked in etching, line and stipple engraving, as well as aquatint.
  "His work rarely reached significant artistic heights", Lanmon wrote in an article on Charles. He was "neither an expert draftsman nor an accomplished technician" although some of his works showed expertise in both draftsmanship and technique, she wrote.
  His most well-known cartoons concern the War of 1812.
context_section_description: The British seized Alexandria, Virginia (across the Potomac from Washington, D.C. in 1814. Charles here ridicules the townspeople for their lack of serious resistance to the enemy.
  Etching produced in Philadelphia. ("Pubd. and Sold... by Wm. Charles" and "Wm. Charles Sc.[ulpsit]".)
  Description:
  Johnny Bull (with the head of a bull): I must have all your Flour---All your Tobacco---All your Provisions---All your ships---All your Merchandize---Every thing except your Porter and Perry keep them out of my sight, I 've had enough of them already.---
  Yankey (one of two, kneeling, on left): Pray Mr Bull don't be too hard with us--- you know we were always friendly, even in time of your Embargo!
  British Soldier: Push on Jack, the yankeys are not all so cowardly as these Fellows here. Let's make the best of your time.---
  Jack: Huzza Boys!!! More Rum more Tobacco!---
  David Porter and Oliver Perry were American heroes of the War of 1812.
caption: JOHNNY BULL and the ALEXANDRIANS (1814)
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