Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Illustrators:

[Trident], pseud.  [Henry R Howard] *

Subjects:

Military Technology, Cultural Geography, Nationalism

    The text insists that despite the claim of the 'Yankees' to be 'the Fastest nation in all creation, they still lag five hours behind slow old England'. The illustration shows a man riding a shell fired from a cannon in a British fort, the caption explaining that the figure is 'Merely going to inquire about the Seizure of the British Steam-ship "Bermuda" by the Yankee Frigate "Mercedita"'.