(WILLIAMS, Charles) (after) – Long expected come at last or John Bull disapointed at his crippled visitor. (Weimar, Industrie-Comptoir, 1802)

Plate: 180 x 230mm; Sheet: 190 x 255mm; hand-coloured etching; old folds

John Bull and his wife receiving Peace, displayed as a crippled young woman. The present caricature criticizes the peace terms of the Treaty of Amiens. This is a reduced and varied German version of Williams‘ caricature published 1802 by S.W. Fores in London.

cf. BM Satires 9852 (for the Fores issue)

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