Patriotic-Petitions on the Convention kettle Statue of James Hulbert

Statue of James Hulbert

In the bottom right corner there is a shop sign for the opticians Dollond and Aitchison

hung with flags and a huge banner welcoming the queen

the 'Pitt'

staring at her and grinning inanely

Patriotic-Petitions on the Convention kettle Statue of James Hulbert'Patriotic Petitions on the Convention', 1808. Four scenes: top left The Cockney Petition; top right The Westminster Petition; bottom left The Chelmsford Petition; bottom right The Middlesex Petition. A satire on the Convention of Cintra of 1808, which permitted the French to withdraw their surrounded troops from Portugal unmolested and was seen as a national disgrace back in Britain.