Iohn Bull makeing [sic] a naval enqury [sic]..
Williams, Charles,d. 1830.
[London] : Publ April 1st , 1805 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly,
[1805]
A hand coloured etched plate by caricaturist, etcher and illustrator Charles Williams (died 1830).
A satire on Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, who was accused of appropriating funds for non-naval purposes during his tenure as Lord of the Admiralty. Dundas was the most prominent Scottish politician of his era and instrumental in the progress of the Scottish Enlightenment. He is controversial today through his delaying the abolition of slavery for several years.
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
England London.