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| Title | A Political Fair |
| Creator | Woodward, George M. 1760-1809 |
| Publisher | Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845 |
| Place of Publication | England -- London -- Cheapside |
| Date | 1807 |
| Caption Text | Caption on image: A Political Fair
Woodward delt
London Pubd, Octor 1st 1807 by Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside
Price one shillg Colored
Dialogue and signage:
[Person trying to exchange gingerbread] I don't like this King, Master Boney
[Napoleon] I never change Mynheer after the goods are taken out of the shop
[Woman sitting down]German Sausage
[Vendor on right] Hot Prussian Cakes
[Russian Booth] This day will be presented the Comedy of The Double Dealer to which will be added a new Burletta called The Bear in leading Strings. The Music principally French.
[Post bear is chained to] French Influence
[Danish Booth] The English Fleet and the Devil to Pay
[Swedish Booth] Blind Bargain and Hob in the Well
[Westphalia Booth] Wife and no wife with Jerry Sneak in his Glory
[The Best Booth in the Fair] John Bull and Company, The Englishman's Fire Side, and The Wooden Walls of Old England, Principal Characters by John Bull, Paddy Bull, Ben Black &c
[Spanish Booth] Alls well that ends well with the Padlock
[Austrian Booth] not readable
[Dutch Booth] The Frogs petition for a King
[American Booth] Much Ado about Nothing with The Deserter
[Prussian Booth] Tis Well tis no Worse with the Poor Soldier
[Sign below stage] Boneys Imperial Gingerbread, Gingerbread Kings and Queens, Wholesale and Retail, Now is your time to purchase
[Writing on stagefront under British booth] Roast Beef gratis at this Booth
[Sign above waiter serving pudding] German SourCrout with French Sauce
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| Historical Notes | A crowded fairground is used to show the international situation of 1807. Spectators and small attractions appear in the foreground, and larger booths on the platform. The signs are packed with allusions to English theater and to recent international events. For example, the "Poor Soldier" of the Prussian booth refers to a comic opera by John O'Keeffe and also to the reduced state of Prussia after she lost significant territory in the Treaty of Tilsit. The sign in the Danish booth refers to Charles Dibdin's opera "The English Fleet in 1342." Napoleon is shown as the gingerbread baker, as in the famous caricature by James Gillray. A Dutch citizen tells Napoleon he doesn't like that (gingerbread) king, but Napoleon refuses to return it. This exchange refers to the fact that Louis Bonaparte was proclaimed king of Holland in 1806. The American Booth refers to the tension between England and the U.S. over conscription of American citizens by the British Navy, desertion of British sailors to American ships, and the crisis (the Chesapeake Affair) brought about by those practices.
Reference source: George #10763. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Political cartoons
History--Caricatures & cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
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| Geographic Coverage | England |
| Digital Collection | Napoleonic Period Collection
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| Digital ID Number | NAP004 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Napoleon Collection |
| UW Reference Number | E6 |
| Object Type | Print |
| Physical Description | Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 24 x 34 cm. on sheet 25 x 36 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original drawing in RGB at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, changed to indexed color, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2006. |
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