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| Keywords: 1804 prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions byJamesAkin LC.jpg Title The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions / James Akin fect Creator s Akin James ca 1773-1846 artist Date Created/Published Newburyport Mass s n 1804 Medium 1 print on pale blue-grey laid paper etching with watercolor ; 28 5 x 40 6 cm sheet Summary James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon The Prairie Dog is an anti-Jefferson satire relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804 Jefferson as a scrawny dog is stung by a hornet with Napoleon's head into coughing up Two Millions in gold coins the secret appropriation Jefferson sought from Congress for the purchase On the right dances a man possibly a French diplomat with orders from French minister Talleyrand in his pocket and maps of East Florida and West Florida in his hand He says A gull for the People Notes The print was probably published in Newburyport Massachusetts where Akin was working in 1804-6 Repository Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington D C 20540 USA http //www loc gov/pictures/item/2002708977/ 1804 Creator James Akin 1846 James Akin 1804 in the United States Caricatures of Thomas Jefferson Caricatures of Napoleon I of France 1804 cartoons 1800s political cartoons of the United States | ||||
