'''John Bull''' was a personification of [[England]], a typical [[Englishman]], represented as a stout red-faced farmer-like man in a top hat and high boots. It was originally the name of a character representing England in the [[Arbuthnot]] satire '[[Law is a Bottomless Pit]]'. | '''John Bull''' was a personification of [[England]], a typical [[Englishman]], represented as a stout red-faced farmer-like man in a top hat and high boots. It was originally the name of a character representing England in the [[Arbuthnot]] satire '[[Law is a Bottomless Pit]]'. |