Spanish patriots Jones St Giles-in-the-Fields

St Giles-in-the-Fields

In the foreground two equestrian gentlemen proceed from the right

View of the Old Goat and Compasses Inn on Marylebone Road

At the time their clothing was seen as being in extravagant continental style

'Pritty Maids

Spanish patriots Jones St Giles-in-the-FieldsSpanish patriots, 1809. The red and yellow flags of the Spanish are held high while the French tricolour drags on the ground. At Baylen in southern Spain an uprising of Spanish insurgents led by General Castaenos defied French occupation of Spain and Portugal and forced General Dupont, leader of the French force, to surrender in August 1808.