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Britannia Rules the Waves!!

Britannia Rules the Waves!!

Annotation

This color drawing from 1798 mocks both the French navy’s abysmal performance against Nelson’s fleet and the French hope to invade England; in the style of Gillray, it depicts a grotesque, gargantuan woman, straddling the English Channel and urinating into French ships while her trident pierces France and breaks off pieces to be seized by Britain.

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Included as part of the LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
https://revolution.chnm.org/d/50

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"Britannia Rules the Waves!!," in World History Commons, https://worldhistorycommons.org/britannia-rules-waves [accessed November 23, 2024]