Mystery Illustration 24

What historical figure is this rooster intended to represent? Lord Nelson? Oliver Perry? Maybe Captain Cook?

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Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 09, 2016
Category: Animals | Nineteenth Century

Comments

Without having looked, I'll guess Napoleon as a bantam cock. To paraphrase the old saw, it's not the size of the bird in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the bird.

Posted by TheCannyScot in Atlanta, GA on 07/09/16 at 08:20 AM

I came up with that too, Scotty. I think he was referred to as the "banty rooster" somewhere along the line.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 07/09/16 at 10:45 AM

Napoleon is my first thought, too, even though he doesn't have one foot in his breast feathers.

Posted by Virtual on 07/09/16 at 01:07 PM

My first guess was Admiral Richard Byrd.

Posted by Fritz G on 07/10/16 at 08:16 AM

I usually guess wrong, but it turns out that the obvious answer was the right one this time. The hat and the pose.

Didn't even need a picture of the truncated manhood.

Posted by Harvey on 07/12/16 at 11:23 PM

Truncated manhood, Harvey? We're talking Boney, here, not Champion-Liar Wellington!

Posted by Richard Bos on 07/13/16 at 07:52 AM

Ah... I don't think "Boney" here means what you think it does, Richard. d:D

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 07/13/16 at 09:20 AM

Erm... Nappy-Leon Boney-Parts, surely? Not much truncated about him, except in English cartoons.

Posted by Richard Bos on 07/15/16 at 01:32 PM

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