Americana.- War of 1812.- Charles (William) John Bull making a new Batch of Ships to send to the Lakes, etching and aquatint on laid paper with indistinct text-based watermark, platemark 255 x 335 mm. (10 x 13 1/4 in), sheet 280 x 440 mm. (11 x 17 1/4 in), carefully repaired marginal tears, some handling creases and light surface dirt, unframed, published by the artist, [Philadelphia, 1814]. ⁂ Satire celebrating the American naval victories of Perry and Macdonough during the War of 1812. King George III tries to replenish his navy with the "Patent Oven for Bakeing Ships," but is warned that "You had better keep both your Ships and Guns at home. If you send all you've got to the Lakes, it will only make fun for the Yankeys to take them."
Americana.- War of 1812.- Charles (William) John Bull making a new Batch of Ships to send to the Lakes, etching and aquatint on laid paper with indistinct text-based watermark, platemark 255 x 335 mm. (10 x 13 1/4 in), sheet 280 x 440 mm. (11 x 17 1/4 in), carefully repaired marginal tears, some handling creases and light surface dirt, unframed, published by the artist, [Philadelphia, 1814]. ⁂ Satire celebrating the American naval victories of Perry and Macdonough during the War of 1812. King George III tries to replenish his navy with the "Patent Oven for Bakeing Ships," but is warned that "You had better keep both your Ships and Guns at home. If you send all you've got to the Lakes, it will only make fun for the Yankeys to take them."
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