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| Keywords: Tree of liberty.jpg 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 Library of Congress Prints Photographs Division LC-USZC4-3140 color film copy transparency http //memory loc gov/master/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g03000/3g03100/3g03140u tif uncompressed archival TIFF version 4 MB cropped and converted to JPEG with the GIMP 2 4 5 image quality 88 1798-05-23 creator James Gillray No known restriction on publication LOC-image cph 3g03140 PD-old-100 James Gillray Caricatures of the United Kingdom Charles James Fox Temptations Apple trees in art Phrygian caps Ambition | ||||
