1810 Collection

Frederic Chopin / Etude
FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician composing his C minor Etude

Battle of the Pyrenees, 1813. Watercolour by Richard Simkin. The 95th Rifles (now Rifle Brigade) Pyrenees, 1813. Associated with the Peninsular War (1808-1814). Date: 1813

Robert & Clara Schumann
ROBERT AND CLARA SCHUMANN German musicians, at the keyboard

The Light Dragoons 1790 - 1992
The evolving uniform of The Light Dragoons. From Left - 13th Light Dragoons 1790, 18th Light Dragoons 1810, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Marys Own) 1930, The Light Dragoons 1st December 1992

Frederic Chopin / Preludes
FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician composing his preludes

Thames / Wapping Old Stair
A busy scene at Wapping Old Stairs

Saartje Baartman, also known as The Hottentot Venus
Saartje ( Sarah ) Baartman (1789-1815), also known as The Hottentot Venus - an African servant girl from South Africas Eastern Cape of the Khoisan tribe brought to London in 1810 & exhibited at freak

Bell Rock Lighthouse, near Arbroath, Scotland
View of Bell Rock Lighthouse, near Arbroath, Scotland. Bell Rock is also known as the Inchcape Rock (made famous by a poem by Robert Southey)

Peninsular War, with riflemen of 95th Reg
An action during the Peninsular War, with riflemen of 95th (Rifle) Regiment acting as snipers, 1810 (c).Watercolour attributed to Denis Dighton

Sir Charles Cox, Vanity Fair, Spy
CHARLES COX (1810-1892) Held various positions in the Colonial Office between 1829 and 1879. Caption: Colonial Date: 1810 - 1892

Mr. Sadlers Ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford
James Sadlers ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford on 7th July 1810. Sadler became the first Englishman to ascend in a balloon (the first English Aeronaut) on 4th October 1784 from Christ Church Meadow

Balloon / James Sadler
James Sadlers balloon ascent at Oxford

Kings College Chapel
Kings College chapel - the interior, looking towards the organ screen

Chopin [Anon]
FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician

Map / England & Wales 1810
England and Wales

Cuthbert Collingwood
LORD CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD English naval commander. Took command on Nelsons death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

Map / Huntingdonshire 1810
Map of Huntingdonshire

Kashmir Shawl Dress 1810
Red evening shawl dress created from a Kashmir shawl has short puffed sleeves & is worn over a habit shirt. She carries a green shawl & wears a pearl bandeau in her hair. Date: 1810

London / Queen Square
Queen Square, Bloomsbury, during its fashionable period - none of the original buildings now remain, alas

Wm Armstrong / Cragside
SIR WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG Baron Armstrong Engineer, inventor and arms manufacturers home, Cragside, Rothbury

Swinging Fashions C. 1810
White robes: sleeves with a double puff, scalloped hem & worn with boots, a net cap & a fringed shawl tied at the back or with vandyked hem & pantelettes

Tiny Parasol Circa 1810
White muslin dress with high stand collar & single ruff worn with a pale green spencer with collar & lapels, matching boots, a lace cap & a small hat. Her parasol is tiny

Robert Schumann / Rumpf
ROBERT SCHUMANN German musician

Insects / Flea
Common Flea (pulex)

Napoleonic War - Grenadier of the French Imperial Guard in Campaign Dress

Military / Napoleonic
A staff officer reconnoitring

Covent Garden, 1810
This is the new theatre, built after the disastrous fire of 1808; designed by Robert Smirke, it was the scene of riots when audiences complained of price increases

West India Docks 1810
The West India Docks in the great age of English trade - vessels lining the quays as far as the eye can see. Imports from the West Indies were especially important

Wimbledon Windmill
A working windmill on Wimbledon Common in south-west London

Eliz Gaskell / Richmond
ELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELL Writer, in 1851

RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). History of Mexico: from the Conquest to 1930. 1929 - 1931. Detail of the central wall with scenes

Capriccio Landscape, by Jean Victor Bertin (1767-1842). Date: circa 1810

Proliferating avens from the Pyrenean Mountains. Illustration from Dr John Hill, Verhandeling over de verdubbeling van bloemen... Uit het engelsch vertaald

Andreas Hofer
ANDREAS HOFER Tyrolese patriot. Led rebellion against the Bavarian government of the Tyrol

Frederic Chopin / Deathbed
FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician on his deathbed

Theodor Schwann, German physiologist who made many contributions to biology and coined the term metabolism

Proliferating carnation. Illustration from Dr John Hill, Verhandeling over de verdubbeling van bloemen... Uit het engelsch vertaald

Jubilee Arch 1810
Jubilee Arch, spanning the Old Coach Road from Rhayader to Devil Bridge, Radnorshire, Wales, was erected by Thomas Johnes to commemorate George IIIs Golden (50th) Jubilee. Date: 1810

PRISON HULK BAHAMA
Prison hulk " Bahama" moored off Gillingham (on The Thames). Norwegian prisoners were kept there

British Infantry 1810
British Infantry during the Peninsular War

3 Dolls Harlequin C1810
Harlequin, Pulcinello (Punch) and Bobeche (Clown)

Tabard Inn, Southwark
Southwark: the Tabard Inn as it looked in 1810: several centuries earlier, Chaucers pilgrims left for Canterbury from here

Frederic Chopin / Krzesz
FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician the last notes

SURVEYING LEVELS
A whole selection of different surveying instruments, and diagrams relating to their specific uses. Date: 1810

Banquet scene in the Egyptian Hall at Mansion House in London, 1808. Engraving by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson for The Microcosm of London published by Rudolph Ackermann (1808-1810). Engraving

Tupiza, Bolivia - The 27th October 1810 Society, pictured in 1897. The Society commemorated the Battle of Cotagaita, fought during the Bolivan War of Independence

Robert Schumann / Balestri
ROBERT SCHUMANN German musician, depicted composing the Dichterliebe

Benjamin Ferrey
BENJAMIN FERREY British architect working in London. Date: 1810 - 1880

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