Who's afraid?, or, the Oregon question.

[London] : [Punch], [1845]

1 print : black and white wood engraving ; 24.5 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 29.5 x 22.0 cm

Print shows the British Prime Minister Robert Peel and the United States President John Polk standing on a dueling ground with their seconds; Peel is in foreground center, turned toward viewer, pistol in his left hand; his second, John Russell, says, "Serve him out, Bobby." Polk is in background right, half turned toward viewer, asking his second, King Louis Philippe, who is handing Polk a pistol, "Do you think he is in earnest?" To which, his second says, "Courage, mon President, visez au coeur."

Oregon question

English

September 14, 2020

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