Beware! Size:Large: 7 x 5in View of the closing ceremony

View of the closing ceremony of the Great Exhibition of 1851

Macclesfield Bridge

Richard Smithers

'The Bar (Le Bouchon)'

Beware! Size:Large: 7 x 5in View of the closing ceremonyBeware!, 1863. The keeper, ( Mr Punch), says: He Ain't Asleep, Young Jonathan; So You'd Best Not Irritate Him. President Lincoln pokes a cautious sword point at the quiet British Lion. Mr Punch warns that the Lion is not asleep. This refers to the American demands for support, and the denunciations of Britain's neutral stance, together with the difficulties caused to British commerce and the distress of the Lancashire cotton mill workers. All of these