Who hung the monkey?
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Caption | Who hung the monkey? According to legend, a pet monkey was the sole survivor of a French warship wreckd off Hartlepool during the Napoleonic Wars. The local townspeople, not knowing what a Frenchman looked like, hanged the monkey as a spy. |
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Creator | English School (20th century) |
Artwork medium | lithograph |
Credit | Look and Learn / Elgar Collection |
Search stock images by keyword | British England Hartlepool monkey hanged hanging cruel cruelty animal legend execution punishment Durham 19th Century ignorance Mistaken Identity paranoia Napoleonic Wars hung |
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XD152669 | Hi-res: 4,992 x 3,205 pixels Lo-res: 1,248 x 801 pixels |
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