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| Keywords: Bodleian Libraries, After the invasion the levée en masse or- Britons strike home.jpg Satire on the fear of French invasion 1794-1805 British political cartoon ; An invasion satire imagining the scene '24 hours after landing ' Three volunteers or militiamen hold the head of Napoleon on a pitchfork The hats of the volunteers are decorated with oak leaves and mottoes on ribbons including 'Britons never will be slaves' In the background English troops repel a landing by French forces and English women rob French corpses complaining of finding nothing but onions and garlic ; Attribution from BMC 248 x 350 sheet mm exhibition history Source filename politi004-att-0001-0 object history object type Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-100 cc-by-4 0 place of creation London England S W Fores place of discovery http //digital bodleian ox ac uk/inquire/p//a4164bc6-875d-4dd2-b9a0-59055b963833 Digital Bodleian Template Bodleian Libraries After the invasion -- the levée en masse -- or Britons strike home Uploaded with GWToolset Bodleian Libraries After the invasion the levée en masse or Britons strike home http //iiif bodleian ox ac uk/iiif/image/a4164bc6-875d-4dd2-b9a0-59055b963833/full/ 1000 1000/0/default jpg Files uploaded by the Bodleian Libraries' Wikimedian In Residence Napoleonic Wars Caricatures of Napoleon I of France Militias Military Curzon Collection | ||||
