Of course, the caricatures were, necessarily, prepared a day or two before their publication, so the dates do not depend upon the events which took place. Such an one is ‘Armed Heroes,’ Gillray, May 18, 1803, which is amusing. It is Addington who is bestriding the Roast Beef of Old England. Lord Hawkesbury sits behind him; whilst the two other figures respectively represent Hely Addington and Bragge Bathurst, who were members of the Addington family, and had been provided with good places by their powerful relative. Napoleon looks with hungry eyes on the beef, and exclaims:-- Ah, ha! sacrè dieu! vat do I see yonder? Dat look so invitingly Red and de Vite? Oh by Gar! I see ’tis de Roast Beef of Londres Vich I vill chop up, at von letel bite! [Illustration: ARMED HEROES.] Addington is in a curious state of mind, between bluster and fear, calling out, ‘Who’s afraid? damme?--_O Lord, O Lord,--what a Fiery Fellow he is!_--Who’s afraid? damme?--_O dear! what will become of y^e Roast Beef?_ Damme! who’s afraid?--_O dear!--O dear!_’ The medicine bottles peeping out of his pockets are a delicate allusion to Addington’s parentage, his father having been a physician. The caricatures which follow are simply dated May; but, from their internal evidence, they precede the declaration of war. Bonaparte is represented as being excessively frightened at the prospect of a rupture with England, and, in May 1803, an etching (artist unknown) was produced, shewing ‘A Little Man Alarmed at his own Shadow.’ He is cowering, and trembling, and looking back at his lengthened shadow on a wall, saying ‘Mercy on us--what tall figure is that. It surely can’t be Johnny Bull? No, no, that cannot be, it is not lusty enough for him.’