File:British Tars, Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour (NAPOLEON 158) (detail of John Bull singing Rule, Britannia! outside a pub in Sheerness).jpeg
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[edit]James Gillray: English: British Tars, Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour
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artist QS:P170,Q520806 |
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English: British Tars, Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour |
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English: The Broadbottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billy's old Boat, & the little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition After the Russian defeat at Friedland, the secret Tilsit treaties between Napoleon and Russia and Denmark sought to isolate Britain. The foreign secretary, Canning, guessed the substance of these secret treaties and suspected that Napoleon would take over the Danish fleet. Canning sent a British naval mission to Copenhagen to demand custody of the fleet and offer an alliance and annual payment for the ships. The Danes refused, at which time the British attacked Copenhagen. Denmark quickly capitulated and gave up not only the ships but the naval stores as well.
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1807 date QS:P571,+1807-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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English: Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 26 x 35 cm. (cutoff) on sheet 26 x 37 cm. |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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Place of creation | London | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Caption on image: British Tars Towing the Danish Fleet Into Harbours: the Broadbottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billy's old Boat, & the little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition James Gillray inv & fect Published Octr 1st 1807, by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street Dialogue and signage : [Land masses in distance, l to r] Copenhagen, Poland, Germany, Prussia, Italy, Holland [Pub sign] The Good Old Royal George [Sign on pub building] Sheerness Harbour [Man with tankard] Rule Britannia! Britannia rules the Waves ! [Napoleon's scroll] Projet pour subjuguer la mer [Plan for dominating the sea] [Name of boat] The Billy Pitt [Words on water streams, l to r] Envy; Detraction; Opposition Clamour |
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English: Napoleonic Period Collection |
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Publisher InfoField | Humphrey, Hannah, 1774-1817 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Digital ID Number InfoField | NAP017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
UW Reference Number InfoField | E3 |
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- John Bull
- George Canning
- William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
- Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
- Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
- John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent
- Leviathan
- Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
- Caricatures of George III of the United Kingdom by James Gillray
- Caricatures of Napoleon I of France by James Gillray
- Drinking in art
- Flags of the United Kingdom in art
- Napoleonic Wars cartoons
- English Wars (Scandinavia)
- 1807 in Denmark
- 1807 in England
- 19th-century sailing ships in paintings
- 1807 works in the United Kingdom
- Political cartoons by James Gillray
- Rule, Britannia!
- George III of the United Kingdom in 1807