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Hand-coloured etching by James Gillray. A protest against the conciliatory attitude of Ministers towards Bonaparte in face of his repeated aggressions. Inscription content: Lettered with title, artist's name, text within image and publication line 'Js Gillray invt &fect/Pubd Decr 4th 1802. by Js Gillray/ No27-St James's Street'. Description from British Museum.

Scope and Contents By James Gillray. A street scene lit by a lamp projecting from a high brick wall: 'Maiden Lane'. A tall man, very thin and pale, walks (right to left), wearing spectacles, a cane in his right hand. His shoulders are thickly sprinkled with powder. He terrifies an Irish fishwife, who holds up both arms to avert the spectre, turning away with a terrified stare, saying, "Governor Wall's Ghost! - [the only title] by J .... s!" Her basket of fish falls to the ground. The man is corpse-like, and...