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Cartoon on French plans for an invasion of England, 1798
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Satirical print on French plans for an invasion of England, February 1798. A French armed raft sailing under the flags of 'Liberty' and 'Slavery' is being pulled to land by four Englishmen (Whigs: Bedford, Sheridan, Fox and Tierney) with a cable and a windlass, while at the same time a storm (Pitt) with high waves blows the raft away from the coast. On the other side of the Channel at Brest a fiddle-playing devil dancing on a guillotine.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSpotprent op de Franse plannen voor een invasie van Engeland, 1798. 1798-02-01. James Gillray. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
