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| Title | The Continental Dockyard |
| Creator | Woodward, George M., 1760-1809 |
| Publisher | Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845 |
| Place of Publication | England -- London--Cheapside |
| Date | 1807 |
| Caption Text | Caption on Image: THE CONTINENTAL DOCKYARD
Woodward del.
London Pub'd Novr 27th 1807 by Thos. Tegg, No 111 Cheapside
Dialogue and Signage:
[John Bull] I say my Lads if he goes on this way, we shall be over stock'd.
[Sailor, pointing] What a deal of pains some people take for nothing.
[Napoleon] Begar you must vork like de Diable ve must Annihilate dis John Bull.
[Shipwright] Please you my Grand Empereur, tes no use vatever as fast, as ve do build dem, he vas clap dem in his storehouse over de way.
[Sign on the British building] John Bull's Storehouse
[Flags on captured ships in storehouse] Armada, Porto Bello, Camperdown, St. Vincent, Nile, Trafalgar
[Sign on the ruined building on the French side] The Gallic Storehouse for English Shipping
[Signs on ships] The Napoleon, The Don Diego, The Dane, The Sweede
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| Historical Notes | In another drawing that celebrates Britain's naval superiority, more evident than ever during the naval blockade that started in 1807, we see English and French dockyards across the water from each other. Napoleon, on his dock, holds his sword over his cowering shipwright, telling him to work faster. The shipwright responds that it's pointless because as soon as a ship is seaworthy, it's captured by the English. You can see from the listing ship "The Napoleon" and from the ruined Gallic storehouse that the French navy is in bad shape.
On the English side, John Bull (fat and prosperous as ever) is standing in front of his well-stocked storehouse commenting that they will be overstocked if Napoleon continues to launch ships for them to capture. The dockworker standing next to him comments that some people (Napoleon) go to a lot of trouble for nothing.
Reference source: George #10772 |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Political cartoons
History--Caricatures & cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
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| Geographic Coverage | France |
| Digital Collection | Napoleonic Period Collection
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| Digital ID Number | NAP016 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Napoleon Collection |
| UW Reference Number | E2 |
| Object Type | Print |
| Physical Description | Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 24 x 34 cm. on sheet 25 x 35 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original drawing in RGB at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, changed to indexed color, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2006. |
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