Foreign Amusements or the British Lion on the Watch

Satirical cartoon, Foreign Amusements or the British Lion on the Watch. A giant lion glares at a giant bear (Tsar Paul I of Russia) who is holding a padlock and chains to constrain a fleet of British merchant ships. In the distance a column of double-headed eagles march up a hill led by an eagle representing Frederick William III of Prussia. The print refers to the Russian embargo on British vessels in Russian ports until Malta should be surrendered to the Knights of St John and to the re-establishment of armed neutrality between Russia and Prussia

1801 Amusements Chains Eagles Padlock Symbolism

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > RFM