Cartoon, Patriotic Petitions on the Convention
Cartoon, Patriotic Petitions on the Convention, by James Gillray. Four scenes: The Cockney Petition, The Westminster Petition, The Chelmsford Petition, and The Middlesex Petition. Illustrating the British reaction to the Convention of Sintra, signed on 30 August 1808 during the Peninsular War. It was seen as a disgrace, being too lenient towards hostile countries such as France and Russia
Picture No
10956205
Media ID
48224184
Size
6313px x 4369px
(5.1MB)
Credit
© The Sharp Illustration Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Cartoon in The Works of James Gillray, the Caricaturist; with the History of His Life and Times, edited by Thomas Wright, 1873
Date
1808
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1808 Buff Burdett Byng Calves Chelmsford Cockney Comment Criticism Disgrace Doodle Gillray Grenville Hackney Harsh Hostile Kick Kicking Lansdowne Lenient Middlesex Noodle Patriots Paull Peninsular Petition Petitions Reform Rejected Rejection Republicanism Sintra Tooke Windham
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