. Satire on the Napoleonic wars. (British political cartoon); Canning, Liverpool, and Castlereagh, the political disciples of Pitt, tow the Danish fleet toward John Bull, who celebrates on shore beneath the a tavern sign bearing the portrait of George III. Opposition Whigs, St. Vincent, Grey, and Grenville, are shown as a three-headed whale attempting to upset the boat. Above the horizon, Napoleon leaps to escape the burning cities of the continent. British tars, towing the Danish fleet into harbour; --: the Broadbottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billy's old boat, & the little Corsican totteri
. Satire on the Napoleonic wars. (British political cartoon); Canning, Liverpool, and Castlereagh, the political disciples of Pitt, tow the Danish fleet toward John Bull, who celebrates on shore beneath the a tavern sign bearing the portrait of George III. Opposition Whigs, St. Vincent, Grey, and Grenville, are shown as a three-headed whale attempting to upset the boat. Above the horizon, Napoleon leaps to escape the burning cities of the continent. British tars, towing the Danish fleet into harbour; --: the Broadbottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billy's old boat, & the little Corsican tottering on the clouds of ambition. 1 October 1807. Bodleian Libraries, British tars, towing the Danish fleet into harbour - the Broadbottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billy's old boat, the lit
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