Library & Archives In Focus: Satirical Cartoons

A free drop-in session viewing 18th and 19th century satirical cartoons from Exeter Cathedral's Library & Archives, including newly rediscovered Napoleon and John Bull cartoons.

The Library & Archives Reading Room hosts a relaxed drop-in display of 18th and 19th century satirical cartoons that stirred debate in their day. The material includes political posters, local election broadsides and printed frontispieces lampooning figures such as bishops, army officers and Exeter politicians. Visitors can also see newly rediscovered early 19th-century cartoons of Napoleon and John Bull for the first time. No booking is required.