Anglo-French War, 1793-1802
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Horatio Nelson attacking a Spanish ship before bombarding Cadiz, 1797. Engraving by A. Smith, 1809, after R. Westall.
Richard WestallDate: May 1809Reference: 646157i- Books
Service notes from the great war, 1793-1815 / by D.G. Crawford.
Dirom Grey CrawfordDate: [1905]- Pictures
Four episodes in a war: John Bull at home in prosperity before the war; John Bull leaving his family and marching off to war; his family is reduced to poverty; as a gaunt, one-legged, one-eyed soldier he returns from war to his destitute family. Etching by J. Gillray.
James GillrayDate: [1830]Reference: 585523i- Pictures
Edmund Burke, arguing in favour of control of immigration from France, points towards the dagger he has just thrown on the floor of the House of Commons; William Pitt the younger and Henry Dundas are seated on the Treasury bench, while Charles James Fox, R.B. Sheridan and M.A. Taylor look on with alarm. Etching by J. Gillray.
James GillrayDate: [1830]Reference: 585500i- Pictures
William Pitt the younger as a Roman charioteer, sitting on a chariot drawn by the British lion and the white horse of Hanover, vanquishes the advocates of peace with France. Etching by J. Gillray, 1795.
James GillrayDate: April 30 1795Reference: 585566i