Engraving (coloured and uncoloured impressions) by Rowlandson. A design in three compartments, each with its title. [1] John Bull (left), very corpulent, a frothing tankard in his hand, sits in an arm-chair beside a table loaded with beef, pudding, and 'Home Brew'd'; he is approached by three famished Frenchmen, who lean eagerly towards him, cap in hand. He points to the table, saying: "The blessed effects of a good Constitution". The three say: "I am your Friend John Bull you want a Reform; My Honble Friend speaks my Sentiments; John Bull you are too Fat". Below: [2] The three Frenchmen, ragged, bare-legged, and fierce-looking, two with bludgeons and one with a dagger, advance menacingly to John Bull, who holds out a frog, saying: "A Pretty Reform indeed you have deprived me of my Leg and given me nothing but Frogs to eat I shall be Starved I am no Frenchman". He has a wooden leg, is less stout than in [1], and his clothes are ragged. The Frenchmen say: "Eat it you Dog & hold your Tongue you are very happy: Thats right my friend we will make him Happier still (his cap is inscribed Ca ira); He is a little leaner now". Below: [3] Jonn bull lies prostrate screaming "O-H-O-H": two frantic Frenchmen holding firebrands trample fiercely on him. One (left) says: "now he is quite happy I will have a Jump"; the other adds, "Oh Delightfull you may thank me uou Dog for sparing your Life--thank me I say". The Society of the Friends of the People had been formed in April 1792 by Grey and others to advocate Parliamentary Reform. The Corresponding Societies urged a more drastic reform on a system 'consistent with the Rights of Man', using Paine's book as a manifesto, but 'Constitution' was the prevailing cry. The print is probably that advertised by the Crown and Anchor Society: 'Reform. Several Degrees of Modern Reform, and its fatal consequences, contrasted with the settled, constitutionally protected, affluent, happy Briton.' Grego, 'Rowlandson', i. 319. Partial description from Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Vol. VII. 8289.