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Buonaparte 48 Hours after landing!
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Buonaparte 48 Hours after landing!
Original Image Dimensions 18"x24"
Source The Duncan Wu Collection
Description Napoleon on a stick: the Emperor’s head is pitchforked by a British peasant wearing a
tricorn hat garnished with oak leaves and a slogan: Britons strike home. In the
summer of 1803, when Gillray designed this image, a French invasion was expected
imminently.
