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Original - John Bull, a national personification of England, holds the head of Napoleon Bonaparte after a conjectured French invasion. 1803 caricature by James Gillray.
Reason
Period political cartoons can be an entertaining way of making history approachable. Napoleon never actually invaded the United Kingdom, but during Napoleon's era the British public had serious concerns that he might. Caricature projects a swift end to the invasion, if it were tried. Restored version of File:Bonaparte's head.jpg
Articles this image appears in
Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom, John Bull, National personification
Creator
James Gillray
But according to the LoC, this is a black-and-white scan of the original colour engraving. [1]. It's thus highly misleading, and represents no real version of the work. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 16:45, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There's nothing misleading; it's the best version available. Still has excellent ev, and if something better becomes available of course we'll trade up. DurovaCharge! 17:39, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]


  • Oppose, per Shoemaker's Holiday; if the original is in color, it seems disingenuous to feature a black and white scan. That's a different situation from when we feature engravings based on paintings, since those are presented as engravings, not as monochrome line paintings.--ragesoss (talk) 19:25, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]