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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/11/2 |
| Former Reference | D5459/3/25 |
| Title | A Toast for New France |
| Date | 1 Nov 1798 |
| Description | Two glum-looking Frenchmen drinking wine sit on wooden chairs either side of a table. Both are wearing a uniform of striped trousers and a blue coat with red collars and cuffs, gold buttons and gold shoulder knots. The man on the left is wearing a 'bonnet rouge' with a cockade and the man on the right, who has a hole in the elbow of his coat, is wearing a bicorn hat.
The man on the left toasts:
"May the names of Howe, St Vincent, Duncan, Nelson and Warren be eternally erased from our recollection."
Behind the chair in the right is an emaciated cat. Available on CD 160. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | Woodward Delin
Publised Nov 1st 1798 by R Akerman No 101 Strand London
The toast refers to the most successful of the British naval commanders.
Admiral Howe defeated a French fleet off Ushant on 1 Jun 1794, the so-called 'Glorious First of June'.
Admiral Sir John Jervis (later Earl St. Vincent) defeated the Spanish with the help of Nelson at Cape St. Vincent on 14 Feb 1797. Nelson was later knighted for this.
Duncan won a victory over the French at Camperdown on 11 Oct 1797.
In October 1798 Warren defeated a French force off Ireland. |
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| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 365 x 296 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
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