In another drawing that celebrates britain's naval superiority, more evident than ever during the naval blockade that started in 1807, we see english and french dockyards across the water from each other. Napoleon, on his dock, holds his sword over his cowering shipwright, telling him to work faster. The shipwright responds that it's pointless because as soon as a ship is seaworthy, it's captured by the english. You can see from the listing ship "the napoleon" and from the ruined gallic storehouse that the french navy is in bad shape. On the english side, john bull (fat and prosperous as ever) is standing in front of his well-stocked storehouse commenting that they will be overstocked if napoleon continues to launch ships for them to capture. The dockworker standing next to him comments that some people (napoleon) go to a lot of trouble for nothing. Reference source: george #10772
subjects (lcsh): political cartoons; history--caricatures & cartoons; napoleon i, emperor of the french, 1769-1821; napoleonic wars, 1800-1815. Date: 1807. Place of creation: Cheapside, London. Medium: etching. Collection: University of Washington. The Continental Dockyard (NAPOLEON 157)
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