ID: 901000236 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000236	Record Type: Character/Person

	Bull, John (British symbolic character, 1712)

Note: Character invented by the Scottish mathematician and physician John Arbuthnot as a character in an extended allegory in 1712; he appeared as an honest clothier, bringing action with his linen-draper friend Nicholas Frog (Holland) against Lewis Baboon (Louis XIV) for interfering with trade. The wide circulation of the satire fixed Bull as a popular personification in 18th-century political writings. He is usually depicted as a stout, middle-aged, country dwelling, jolly, matter-of-fact man.

Display Date: invented in 1712

Names:

	Bull, John (British symbolic character, 1712) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	John Bull (British symbolic character, 1712) (English,A,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Literary characters> (P)
		........Bull, John (British symbolic character, 1712) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... personification
	.....(artistic devices, artistic concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	associated with .... United Kingdom
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

	culture/religion is .... British (modern)
	.....(European regions, European, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Bull, John (British symbolic character, 1712)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2002010715
	John Bull (British symbolic character, 1712)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bull#/media/File:John_Bull_-_World_War_I_recruiting_poster.jpeg