John Bull Making Observations on the Comet

Thomas Tegg|Napoléon Bonaparte|George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland|Thomas Rowlandson

November 10, 1807 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

John Bull looks through a telescope at right and says, "Aye - Aye - Master Comet - you may attempt your Periheliums - or your Devil heliums for what I care but take the word of an Old Man you'll never reach the Sun depend upon it." In the comet are the profile heads of Napoleon and George III.

Artist

Thomas Tegg|Napoléon Bonaparte|George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland|Thomas Rowlandson

Date

November 10, 1807

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959