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Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/93/18 |
Former Reference | D5459/1/161 |
Title | John Bull in Portugal : or Junot in the Dumps |
Date | [1808] |
Description | On the right John Bull in uniform, berates a seated Junot: "What you are pretty sick of it are you Mr Jew - Knotty, you though John Bull could do nothing out of his Element. What a fine Fellow you must be to tell the Foreign-neers here to keep in their houses, and the leave the English to you if they should dare to approch [sic] - I wonder you arent ashamed of yourself." Available on CD 158. |
Level | Item |
Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
Further Information | In November 1807 the French General Junot occupied Lisbon. He was defeated by Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington) at Vimiero on 21 Aug 1808. |
Physical Description | Pencil drawing with text in ink. Size 336 x 255 mm. |
Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
Related Material | See D5459/1/93/16 for another depiction of the British in Portugal. |
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