Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Napoléon Bonaparte ('Maniac-ravings - or - little Boney in a strong fit - ') NPG D12811

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and published by James Gillray

War between Britain and France had resumed only a week before this caricature was published. It followed Britain's refusal to evacuate Malta and fears of a French invasion of Egypt. Napoleon Bonaparte, called 'Little Boney', is shown stamping in fury with words swirling around his head, condemning the British press and Parliament and threatening a large-scale invasion. Napoleon's short temper had become notorious after an outburst during a meeting with the British Ambassador Lord Whitworth, to whom the print is dedicated. The evolution of Gillray's... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.