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2 satires on the threat of invasion, the first depicting Napoleon hopping in agony on a large map of Europe, his right foot standing in Germany, his freshly severed left foot resting on the Dutch coast, cut off by a short but defiant sailor standing on the British Isles, the second poking gentle fun at the yeomanry and volunteers as a rotund officer proudly shows off the severed head of Napoleon, garlanded with other severed French heads, to a crowd of adoring ladies, original hand-coloured engravings, 340 x 230mm. and 245 x 345mm., respectively, the former mounted close and with a few small losses, [BM Satires 9980 and 10047, respectively], S.W. Fores, 1803 § Charles (William) Johnnys Old Tune on his New Fiddle, a gruesome depiction of John Bull playing Napoleon as a violin, using a sabre as the bow, orignal hand-coloured etching with roulette work, 305 x 240mm., [not in BM cat], [?Edinburgh], 1803 (3)