The Grand Consul of the great nation!!! Perusing John Bull's dispatches!!!

Napoleon (center), wearing ridiculous plumes and elaborate military dress, frowns at a dispatch he has just received. He stands with arms and legs flung wide; a sheet of paper on which is inscribed "The Conquest of y/e Chouans, an Old Song to a New Tune," falls from his left hand to the floor. Behind Napoleon, the Second and Third Consuls (r.) look over his shoulders in an attempt to read the dispatch. The Consuls, who mimic Napoleon's expression with exaggerated disbelief, are depicted like buffoons. The figure on the right even wears a fringed collar. To the left, a messenger wearing a bonnet rouge stands nearby and patiently waits for a reply. Torn at mid-left bottom of sheet. An attempt to repair the paper had been made eariler; now it is again torn and is discolored along tear. Napoleon (center), wearing ridiculous plumes and elaborate military dress, frowns at a dispatch he has just received. He stands with arms and legs flung wide; a sheet of paper on which is inscribed "The Conquest of y/e Chouans, an Old Song to a New Tune," falls from his left hand to the floor. Behind Napoleon, the Second and Third Consuls (r.) look over his shoulders in an attempt to read the dispatch. The Consuls, who mimic Napoleon's expression with exaggerated disbelief, are depicted like buffoons. The figure on the right even wears a fringed collar. To the left, a messenger wearing a bonnet rouge stands nearby and patiently waits for a reply. Torn at mid-left bottom of sheet. An attempt to repair the paper had been made eariler; now it is again torn and is discolored along tear. Published by Samuel W. Fores, 1800-01-30. British Museum, BM 9512. The message inscribed on the dispatch Napoleon holds reflects the British skepticism towards the overtures of the French. Although rife with misspellings and colloquialisms, Bull's words are commonse and direct--a contrast to the flowery language of diplomacy which often conceals more than it reveals. Caption: Publishd Jany 30th--1800 by S W Fores Piccaddilly Dialogue: The dispatch: "Mounseer Beau-Naperty/ I read your Parly Vouse & have only to say I was not born yesterDay, take that as you Like it, I am not easily humm'd, -Look before you leap is a Good Old Proverb, take two bites at a Cherry, old birds are not Easily Caught by Chaff; Yours as you Behave yourself/ Bull." Dialogue: Paper dropped by Napoleon: "The Conquest of ye Chouans an Old Song to a New tune"