Caricature of napoleon, beheaded, in the hypothetical scenario of an invasion of england. Depicts john bull holding napoleon's head on a pitchfork. Etching. Text transcriptions:
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this is to give information for the benefit of all jacobin adventurers, that policies are now offered at lloyd’s—where the depositor of one guinea is engitled a hundred if the corsican cut-throat is alive 48 hours after landing on the british coast. Middle
ha’ my little boney!
what dost think of johnny bull now?
plunder old england: hay?
make french slaves of us all! hay?
ravish all our wives & daughters; hay
o lord help that silly head!
to think that johnny bull would
ever suffer those lanthere jaws to
become king of old englands roast
beef & plumpudding!
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"buonaparte, 48 hours after landing!--vide john bulls home-stroke, armed en masse". Date: 26 July 1803.
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