Standing at the left of the sheet, General Cornwallis confronts Napoleon, demanding to know his intentions. Although smaller in stature, Napoleon holds his ground and refuses to give a satisfactory reply to the British officer who threateningly reaches over and fingers the lapels of Napoleon's jacket. Neither Napoleon nor Cornwallis is grotesquely caricatured in this satire; the impetus of the image is instead the imagined meeting of the two men.
Notes:
Published by Fores, 1802-02-08. British Museum, BM 9842. Hoffman #P10739.
Caption: Pubd Feby 8th 1802 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly
Dialogue: British: "There is great delay in our negociation comeing to a conclusion, and I understand our People are very uneasy least you should be Humbugging us--Your fleet having sail'd has given cause for many conjectures, and to tell you the truth it puzzles me a little to know what your intention is."
Dialogue: Napoleon: "I have to tell you Sir--that I do not chuse to give you the information you seem to wish for, and wether I sign or not is of little consequence to the Republican government--our fleet I am in hopes will pick up something."
Inscription: Folios of Caricatures Lent out for the Evening.
"Cross examination"
(1802).
Napoleonic Satires from the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
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