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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/2/40
Former ReferenceD5459/3/32
TitleJohn Bull Exchanging News with the Continent
Date11 Dec 1805
DescriptionJohn 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.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationWoodward 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 DescriptionHand-coloured print. Size 371 x 255 mm.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related MaterialFor 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 NoteBM Sat 10441
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John Bull Exchanging News with the Continent

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