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TITLE: Physical air,-or-Britannia recover'd from a trance;-also, the patriotic courage of Sherry Andrew; & a peep thro' the fog

SUMMARY: Cartoon showing Britannia, terrified, faint, and dishevelled, sitting on the ground supported by Addington and Hawkesbury, and defended by Sheridan, a Silenus-like and ragged Harlequin. They are on the Dover coast, towards which are advancing many rowboats filled with little French soldiers, lead by Napoleon. The distant French coast is covered with troops marching towards the shore.

MEDIUM: 1 print : engraving, color.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London : publd. by H. Humphrey, 1803]

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Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver.

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c11313

Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

James Gillray  (1756–1815)  wikidata:Q520806 s:en:Author:James Gillray q:en:James Gillray
 
James Gillray
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James Gilray; Gillay; Gillray
Description British caricaturist and engraver
Date of birth/death 13 August 1756 Edit this at Wikidata 1 June 1815 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London Edit this at Wikidata
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current21:41, 28 July 2005Thumbnail for version as of 21:41, 28 July 20051,024 × 814 (190 KB)PetrusbarbygereTITLE: Physical air,-or-Britannia recover'd from a trance;-also, the patriotic courage of Sherry Andrew; & a peep thro' the fog SUMMARY: Cartoon showing Britannia, terrified, faint, and dishevelled, sitting on the ground supported by Addington and Hawke

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