Beware! Size:S: 40 x 30cm A gentleman's seat on Stockwell

A gentleman's seat on Stockwell Common

with distant figures visible on the sand

c1815 from an earlier print dated 1663

Lower panel consists of Wren's plan for rebuilding London

Beware! Size:S: 40 x 30cm A gentleman's seat on StockwellBeware!, 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