File:'John Bull Exchanging News with the Continent. Trafalgar' (caricature) RMG PW4004.tiff
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| Author |
George Murgatroyd Woodward; S. W. Fores |
| Description |
English: 'John Bull Exchanging News with the Continent. Trafalgar' (caricature) This satirical print indicates the importance to both sides, around the time of the Battles of Trafalgar and Austerlitz, of news bulletins and propaganda offensives. Napoleon and John Bull stand either side of the Channel on cliff-tops, the French side inscribed ‘Falsehood’, the British side ‘Truth’. Against the numerous pamphlets and news articles issuing from Napoleon’s side pronouncing French progress in the war, John Bull, shown as a plump newsboy, trumpets the news of Trafalgar and ‘Total Defeat of the Combin’d Fleets of France and Spain’. In the distance is a naval battle, presumably Trafalgar relocated for the purposes of the print. If it suggests the importance to the war effort of rapid gathering and broadcasting of news, the print also indicates the perceived need for its selective editing: despite the crowing over the victory at Trafalgar, there is no mention anywhere of Nelson’s death. |
| Date | Published 11 December 1805 |
| Dimensions | Primary support: 229 mm x 346 mm; Mount: 406 mm x 555 mm |
| Notes | Box Title: Caricatures 11. Political: artists S-W. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/128139 |
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| Identifier | id number: PAF4004 |
| Collection | Fine art |
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