John Bull Listening to the Quarrels of State Affairs

Napoléon Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson|Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

May 1, 1803 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Napoleon stands at right dictating terms to Addington, who is on the extreme right. He puts a forefinger on the palm of his hand to enforce his words, saying: "And so, - if you do so, I do so!" Addington, with a distressed stare, exclaims "Oh! - Oh!!" At left, John Bull, hands on knees, gapes at the pair, saying, "I declare my very wig, stands an end with Curiosity!! What can they be quareling about? O that I could but be let into the secret if I ax our gentleman concerning it, tis ten to one if he tells me the right story."

Artist

Napoléon Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson|Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Date

May 1, 1803

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959