John Bull (icon of the British nation) exchanging news with the continent

John Bull (icon of the British nation) exchanging news with the continent. Cartoon referring to the importance of publishing information and to political propaganda, on both sides of the Channel, starting from the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), John Bull and Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), each on a cliff, facing each other, the French woman marked “lie” and the British “truth”, against the numerous pamphlets coming from the Alongside Napoleon, who announced the progress of the French war, John Bull proclaimed, with his trumpet, the victory of Trafalgar and the total defeat of the French and Spanish fleets. In the distance, a naval battle. Despite the subject of satire, about publishing and sharing information, there is no mention of the death of Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Etching in colors, published on December 11, 1805, by George M. Woodward (1760-1809).