On the right, John Bull, standing next to a broken anchor, raises his arms in despair saying, "'Tis lost! Irrecoverably lost!" Above his head, a demon flies away with a partially rolled up map of America while a Frenchman standing to his right offers him snuff as consolation. Behind the Frenchman, an angry Spaniard points to the rock of Gibraltar in the background and the exploding ships below it. On the far left, a Dutchman watches the scene in front of him.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Gibraltar--History--Siege, 1779-1783. and Great Britain--Foreign relations--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Anchors. , Clothing & dress--1780-1790., Demons. , Dutch--Caricatures and cartoons., French--Caricatures and cartoons., John Bull (Symbolic character), and Spanish--Caricatures and cartoons.
