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John Bull looks through a telescope at right and says, "Aye - Aye - Master Comet - you may attempt your Periheliums - or your Devil heliums for what I care but take the word of an Old Man you'll never reach the Sun depend upon it." In the comet are the profile heads of Napoleon and George III.
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Title: John Bull Making Observations on the Comet
Artist:
Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London)
Subject:
Napoléon Bonaparte (French, Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena)
Subject:
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland (British, London 1738–1820 Windsor)
Date: November 10, 1807
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions:
Plate: 9 5/8 × 13 3/4 in. (24.5 × 35 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 14 7/8 in. (25.5 × 37.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number: 59.533.1004
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