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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/1/93/17
Former ReferenceD5459/1/183
TitleKing Joe Drumm'd out of Spain : to the tune of the Rogues March!
Date[1808]
DescriptionJoseph Bonaparte, a rope round his neck, is followed by two men playing drums and two playing pipes. Bonaparte has his hands clasped and is saying:
"O Nap - Nap - you have been the ruin of me!"
They are watched by a smiling John Bull-like character in naval dress, who says:
"That's right my Hearties drum away - Don't spare him - d___ me but I wish we had him along side of Bow Street Office, under tow of Master Townshend - I think it would go hard with him, at the Old Bailey!!" Available on CD 158.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationThe news from Bayonne in 1808 that Joseph had been accepted as king led to uprisings. On the 23 July the Spanish defeated the French at Bailén and Joseph left Madrid for Burgos, plundering the palaces as he left.
Joseph wrote to Napoleon on 9 Aug 1808:
"I am convinced that the new arrangements will find in this country more resistance than Your Majesty imagines, and that in the outcome they will bring happiness to no-one"
Physical DescriptionPencil drawing with text in ink. Size 346 x 255 mm.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related MaterialSee D5459/1/93/15 for more on Napoleon and Spain.
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King Joe Drumm'd out of Spain : to the tune of the Rogues March!

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