File:Blockade Against Blockade (NAPOLEON 159).jpg

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English: Blockade Against Blockade — or John Bull a Match for Boney   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
English: George M. 1760-1809; etched by Chas. Williams Woodward
Title
English: Blockade Against Blockade — or John Bull a Match for Boney
Description
English:

This drawing refers to a series of blockades enacted by the British and the French in 1806/1807.

The British began in May 1806 by issuing Orders in Council that placed the entire coast of Europe under a naval blockade. France retaliated with a series of decrees collectively known as the Continental System. The Berlin Decrees (Nov 1806) prohibited any vessel coming from Britain from landing at a port under French control. Britain's naval supremacy, however, allowed her to force ships from neutral countries to stop in Britain on their way to the continent, lessening the economic impact of the blockade. Napoleon's Milan Decree (March 1807) authorized any ship coming from Britain to the continent to be confiscated. Ultimately, the blockade hurt France more than it did England, causing widespread food shortages and a general recession.

This caricature shows John Bull, symbol of the average Englishman, gloating because his blockade is causing food shortages in France. The table behind him is heaped with food: a large steak, a tank of ale, and a bottle of Port. Napoleon, still resplendent in his uniform but with a look of chagrin on his face, sits before a simple bowl of soup. The posters on the walls are attributed to two newspapers of the day.

Reference source: George #10773

  • Geographic coverage: France
  • Subjects (LCSH): Political cartoons; History--Caricatures & cartoons; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Date 1807
date QS:P571,+1807-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 24 x 34 cm. on sheet 25 x 35 cm.
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
159
Place of creation Cheapside, London
Inscriptions
Caption on image :
Blockade against Blockade or John Bull a match for Boney.
Pub. Nov. 1807 by Tho. Tegg. No. 111 Cheapside, London

Dialogue and signage :
[John Bull] Now Master Boney we shall se which will hold out the longest, my wall against yours..aye aye I can see you...I have left a peep hole...I believe you will be soon glad to change your Soup Meagre for my Roast Beef .

[Napoleon] Who could have thought that he would build a wall also...I really begin to think I had better have left him alone. I some how don't relish my Soup Meagre .

[sign on John Bull's wall] Boney in a state of Blockade - Gazette .

[Songsheet on the floor by John Bull's feet] The Roast Beef of Old England .

[Sign on Napoleon's wall] John Bull in a state of Blockade - Moniteur .
Source/Photographer
English: Napoleonic Period Collection
Permission
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Public domain

The author died in 1830, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
Publisher
InfoField
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845
Digital ID Number
InfoField
NAP011
UW Reference Number
InfoField
E4

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