'The state waggoner, and John Bull - or - the waggon too much for the donkeys!' Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
'The state waggoner, and John Bull - or - the waggon too much for the donkeys!' NPG D12829
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
As First Lord of the Admiralty, 1794-1801, Spencer's reforms to the administration of the Navy laid the foundations for British victories at sea. He singled out Nelson and sent him to win the Battle of the Nile. Spencer resigned office with Pitt in 1801, re-entering the government in 1806 as Home Secretary. His book collection forms the nucleus of the Rylands Library at Manchester.
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










