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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/40 |
| Former Reference | D5459/3/32 |
| Title | John Bull Exchanging News with the Continent |
| Date | 11 Dec 1805 |
| Description | John Bull and Napoleon face each other across a stormy Channel, were ships are fighting. On the right, John Bull stands on a headland marked 'TRUTH'. He is dressed as a newsboy, with a hat inscribed 'Britain Rules the Main' and a newspaper in his hand with the headline 'TRAFALGAR LONDON GAZETTE EXTROARDINARY [sic]'. Through a trumpet, he proclaims "Total Defeat of the Combin'd Fleets of France and Spain".
On the headland Napoleon leans on the ground to write official bulletins, which blow over the stretch of sea between them. Behind him stands a man wearing a bonnet rouge, who also blows through a trumpet. The bulletins have headlines such as: 'English Fleet dispers'd' and 'England Invaded'.
Available on CD 163. |
| 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 delt
Pubd Decemr 11th 1805 by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly
Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening
According to BM Sat 10441 news of Austerlitz didn't reach London till 29 Dec 1805 after initial reports of Austrian victory. |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 371 x 255 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Related Material | For drawings of Napoleon see D5459/1/91 etc. For more prints of Napoleon see D5459/2/53 D5459/2/54, D5459/2/55, D5459/2/60, D5459/2/65, D5459/2/66, D5459/2/69, D5459/2/70, D5459/4/10. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 10441 |
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