Cartoon, Westminster Conscripts under the Training Act
Cartoon, Westminster Conscripts under the Training Act, by James Gillray. Showing Napoleon training a group of British politicians, including Charles James Fox, who are seen to be in a state of disorder -- a satire on the peace negotiations and Windham's Training Act, under which conscripts would be chosen by ballot to form a defence force
Picture No
10956178
Media ID
48223727
Size
6066px x 4215px
(6.1MB)
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
1806
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1806 Comment Conscription Conscripts Criticism Disorder Gillray Grenville Harsh Incompetent Legislation Negotiations Ridicule Talleyrand Treasury Windham
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