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Summary
Satire on the Napoleonic wars. (British political cartoon); A satire on the Treaty of Tilsit, between Tsar Alexander I and Napoleon. Napoleon, as a monkey, urges the Russian bear to make war on Britain.
Tags
1808 cartoons
animals in art
caricatures of napoleon i of france
colonies
curzon collection
isaac cruikshank
napoleonic wars
treaty of tilsit
bodleian libraries university of oxford
political cartoons
france
national symbols turkey
national symbols england
national symbols russia
Date
20/12/1808
Source
Bodleian Libraries University of Oxford
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Copyright info
public domain