John Bull the "blue and buff" scheme; this was used by supporters of Whig politics, which was part of what John Arbuthnot wished to deride when he created and designed the character. By the twentieth century, however, his waistcoat nearly always depicts a Union Flag, and his coat is generally dark blue. (Otherwise, however, his clothing still echoes the fashions of the Regency period.) He also wears a low topper (sometimes called a John Bull topper) on his head and is often accompanied by a bulldog. John Bull has been used in a variety of different ad campaigns over the years, and
Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot as "the best Memorial that I can leave, both of my Friendship to you, & of my own Character being such as you need not be ashamd of that Friendship." "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot" has a "tangled" publishing history. The poem was first published as a folio of 24 pages on 2 January 1735 under the title "An Epistle from Mr. Pope to Dr. Arbuthnot", with a date of 1734. It appeared in Pope's "Works" the same year in folio, quarto and octavo, with a Dublin edition and an Edinburgh piracy. During Pope's lifetime, it was included among the "Moral