Preparing John Bull for general congress
Publisher: by W.N. Jones no 5 Newgate st.
Published: 1813
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Description: John Bull backed up against a tree and being hacked to pieces by a horde of malevolent pygmies. An American gunboat is to the left manned by three disreputable-looking sailors and flying a tattered Stars & Stripes and the pennant of the frigate USS President. As an enraged British bull-dog barks at them, the American captain fires a swivel gun at John Bull's right leg. At far left Napoleon cheerfully sits in front of his tent, his right foot resting on a globe. The title refers to the Congress of Prague (June 4-August 10, 1813) at which Metternich attempted in vain to negotiate a peace between Napoleon and the Allies.
Notes: Engraving (hand-colored), signed; folding plate from The scourge, v. 6, pt. 32, 1813.

A satire on the state of affairs in Britain resulting from the Napoleonic and American wars.

Broadley A-727

Cohn (1924): 732