John Bull

John Bull is a national personification of England and Britain, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works. He is usually depicted as a stout, middle-aged, country-dwelling, jolly and matter-of-fact man. He originated in satirical works of the early-18th century and would come to stand for English liberty in opposition to revolutionaries. He was popular through the 18th and 19th centuries until the time of the First World War, when he generally stopped being seen as representative of the "common man".

Reformation: Keyboard works by William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, John Bull & Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - 2024-06-28T00:00:00.000000Z

The Passinge Mesures – Music of the English Virginalists - 2018-11-02T00:00:00.000000Z

For His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts: English Music from Henry VIII to Charles II - 1997-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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