GILLRAY, James – John Bull offering little Boney fair play. London, Humphrey, 2 August 1803.

Plate: 206 x 259mm; Sheet: 239 x 295mm; Hand-coloured etching; light soiling, with small marginal tears

John Bull, a sailor, stripped to the waist, standing in the English Channel and looks at a tiny Napoleon, who peers over the top of a fortress on the French Coast.

BM Satires 10048; Broadley A 494; Arenenberg 17 (uncoloured re-issue by M’Lean)

EUR 1000,-