Microscopic view of a flea mb-height 5425 a matronly Mrs Britannia looks

a matronly Mrs Britannia looks at a girlish Columbia who sits holding a map representing the torn and divided States of America

but in the style of William Beechey (1753-1839)

from the balcony of the King's Head Tavern

The Convention of Tientsin

surrounded by the wreckage of household furniture

Microscopic view of a flea mb-height 5425 a matronly Mrs Britannia looksIllustration showing a microscopic view of a flea. Schem: XXXIV from Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and inquiries thereupon, by Robert Hooke, 1665. Original: copperplate engraving. 1665