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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/1/93/15
Former ReferenceD5459/1/176
TitleThe Giant of Spain alarming Tom Thumb!!
Date[1808]
DescriptionA giant wielding a club marked 'Club of Patriotism' chases a tiny Napoleon over the 'Pyrennean Mountains'. Napoleon, carrying a club marked 'Club of Despotism', says:
"Zounds, here he comes with his Seven League Boots, - I must mind he does not overtake me - what a fierce looking fellow it is!!!" Available on CD 158.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationIn 1808 Napoleon forced the Spanish prince Ferdinand to return the crown to Carlos IV, and banished the family to Valençay, making his brother Joseph king.
The news from Bayonne that Joseph had been accepted as king led to uprisings at Seville and Cadiz and in Asturias and to the formation of insurgent juntas. On the 23 July the Spanish beat the French at Bailén and Joseph left Madrid for Burgos, plundering the palaces as he left.
Physical DescriptionPencil drawing with text in ink. Size 346 x 264 mm.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related MaterialFor more items on Napoleon and Spain see D5459/1/93/17, D5459/1/93/28, Subseries D5459/2/65.
For another item on Sppain see D5459/4/3.
For more depictions of Napoleon see D5459/1/91 etc.
Publication NoteTwo prints by Woodward in the British Museum relate to this episode. 'Brobdignags of Bayonne Peeping Over the Pyrenean Mountains at the Liliputian Spanish army' (BM Sat 11080), and 'Long faces at Bayonne or King Nap and King Joe in the Dumps' (BM Sat 1109).
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