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Bull, Frederick, approximately 1714-1784

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  • Three officers in the City of London Corporation holding different types of sticks ("characteresticks"): Lord Mayor Crosby with a scourge for wheat-speculators; John Wilkes with a Herculean club for defeating corruption; and and a bull representing Frederick Bull, with the sheriff's staff of office. Engraving after S.L., 1772.
  • Frederick Bull. Mezzotint by J. Watson, 1781, after S. Webster.
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    Frederick Bull. Mezzotint by J. Watson, 1781, after S. Webster.

    Webster, S., active 1781. | Date: 1781 | Reference: 1526i
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    The head of John Wilkes, the Lord Mayor Brass Crosby and the recently elected sheriff, Frederick Bull decorated with civic chains pass as meteors through the sky into the mouth of oblivion. Engraving, 1771.

    | Date: [1 Nov. 1771] | Reference: 584757i
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    Three officers in the City of London Corporation holding different types of sticks ("characteresticks"): Lord Mayor Crosby with a scourge for wheat-speculators; John Wilkes with a Herculean club for defeating corruption; and and a bull representing Frederick Bull, with the sheriff's staff of office. Engraving after S.L., 1772.

    S.L., active 1772. | Date: [1 Jan. 1772] | Reference: 584784i
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