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John Bull, The Leviathan Of The Ocean; Or, The French Fleet Sailing Into The Mouth Of The Nile!

John Bull, The Leviathan Of The Ocean; Or, The French Fleet Sailing Into The Mouth Of The Nile!

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-24-2009

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• sailing
• fleet
• nile
• leviathan

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TITLE:  John Bull, the leviathan of the ocean; or, the French fleet sailing into the mouth of the Nile! CALL NUMBER:  PC 3 - 1798 - John Bull, the leviathan of the ocean; ... (B size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZC2-1857 (color film copy slide)LC-USZ62-97647 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Cartoon showing John Bull eating French sailing ships; a satire on the French defeat during the War of the Second Coalition, possibly refers to the Battle of the Nile. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching, with watercolor. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  London : W. Holland, 1798 Dec. 12. NOTES: Form part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: John Bull (Symbolic character)--1790-1800. Second Coalition, War of the, 1798-1801--Great Britain. Naval warfare--1790-1800. Sailing ships--French--1790-1800. FORMAT: Cartoons British 1790-1800.Etchings British Hand-colored 1790-1800. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (color film copy slide) cph 3b51475 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b51475 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b43740 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b43740 CONTROL #:  89712637