This satirical view of the Oregon question caricatures the self-interested attitudes of European states and leaders toward the dispute. To the right, Polk, urged on by the belligerent General Bunkum, faces left toward Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, an...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Lith. & pub. by J. Baillie
Subject (Name):
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901, Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850, Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855, Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861, Polk, James K. 1795-1849 (James Knox),, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and O'Connel, Daniel, 1775-1847,
