A Frenchwoman chasing a giant frog called Anglophobia

This pen-and-ink cartoon depicts a woman wielding a fishing rod against an oversized frog labeled 'Anglophobia,' while suited diplomats and crowned figures observe from above. The print exemplifies early-20th-century political satire addressing Franco-British relations during the Entente Cordiale negotiations. The grotesque frog caricature—a common visual trope for French national sentiment—embodies contemporary anxieties about anti-British feeling in France. The composition recalls the tradition of Gillray and Rowlandson's narrative prints, where exaggerated character types and allegorical figures conveyed political argument to a broad public. The technique of fine crosshatching and dynamic linework connects this work to the illustrated newspapers and satirical journals that preceded comic strips, establishing visual conventions—caricature, symbolic action, social commentary—that would define modern comics.