England under the house of Hanover; : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges, illustrated from the caricatures and satires of the day. (1848)
Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877, Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866, artist, Brown, Joseph, fl. 1837-1886, engraver, Cook, Conrad, fl. 1831-1850, engraver, Urquhart, Francis Fortescue, former owner · London : Richard Bentley... · leaf 471
this celebrated artist satirized the san-guine promises of success held out by the Englishministers in a caricature, entitled Delicious dreams !—Castles in the air !—Glorious Prospects ! Theministers, full of wine and punch, are sunk in slum-ber, under the shade of which splendid visions breakin… … BRITANNIA TRIUMPHANT. bear, both in chains, and followed by a countless hostof meaner captives, while a crowd of English soldiersand sailors escort and welcome her. On the 11th ofJuly of the same year, when Napoleon, by the basesttreachery, had plunged himself into the fatal Spanishwar, he was…
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