Spanish patriots Jones view from a Hampstead churchyard

view from a Hampstead churchyard looking towards St John's Wood

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

View of the Old Goat and Compasses Inn on Marylebone Road

c1830 showing how the Bridge

In the foreground two equestrian gentlemen proceed from the right

Spanish patriots Jones view from a Hampstead churchyardSpanish 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.