BRITANNIA AND JONATHAN – MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL

Original 11 inch x 8 1/4 inch Single-Sided Engraved Cartoon titled BRITANNIA AND JONATHAN – MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL from Punch, December 27th, 1856.

”A Merry Christmas to you and many Happy new years!” “That’s a good Boy! His Heart’s in the right place.”

HMS Resolute was a mid-19th-century barque-rigged ship of the British Royal Navy, specially outfitted for Arctic exploration. Resolute became trapped in the ice and was abandoned in 1854. Recovered by an American whaler, she was returned to Queen Victoria in 1856.

The cartoon is in very good condition with some imprinting. Reverse side blank.