Evacuation of Malta

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James Gillray
1756-1815
Evacuation of Malta
[London] : Pubd Feby 9th 1803 - by H Humphrey St James Street, [1803]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.467
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[London] : Pubd. Feby. 9th. 1803 - by H. Humphrey St James Street, [1803]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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By James Gillray.

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Print shows Addington squatting over a cocked hat into which he evacuates papers: 'Guadeloupe', 'Martinique', 'St Domingo', 'Cape of Good Hope', 'Egypt', and 'Malta'. Napoleon holds him by the cravat and threatens him with a sabre, saying, "All! - all! - you Jean F-t-e! - think yourself well off that I leave you Great Britain!!!" Addington, terrified, says: "Pray do not insist upon Malta! - I shall certainly be turned out! and I have got a great many Cousins and Uncles & Aunts, to provide for, yet!" A French officer in uniform holds out his cocked hat to catch the papers which fall from Addington. He says, holding his nose: "My General, you had better not get him turn'd out - for we shall not be able to humbug them any more.

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