1799 Collection (page 9)

Napoleon Leaves Egypt
Napoleon, his presence needed in Italy, leaves Egypt

Naval Action 1799
NAVAL ACTION OFF PUERTO CABELLO - the French frigate Hermione is attacked by boats under the command of Captain Edward Hamilton

Battle of Novi, 1799
ITALIAN CAMPAIGN The Russians defeat the French at Novi

E De Montgolfier / Bruel
ETIENNE DE MONTGOLFIER French scientist and aviation pioneer

Faustin Helie
FAUSTIN HELIE French jurist

V E P Chasles
Victor Euphemon Philarete CHASLES French writer, editor

M R L Reybaud
Marie Roch Louis REYBAUD French economist and statesman

Leonor Joseph Havin
LEONOR JOSEPH HAVIN French lawyer and statesman

Aignan-Stanislas Julien
AIGNAN-STANISLAS JULIEN French orientalist

R-A Caillie / Anon Eng
RENE-AUGUSTE CAILLIE French explorer in Africa

Bethnal Green Volunteer

Commodore Decatur
STEPHEN DECATUR American naval commander

Napoleon at Cairo
Napoleon, at Cairo during his Egyptian campaign, goes out riding all by himself, and stops on a hill to look at the city, while on a distant rooftop Egyptians pray

G Washington / Robinson NY
GEORGE WASHINGTON First American President giving a speech

G Washington / Battlefield
GEORGE WASHINGTON First American President as Captain General of the American forces during the War of Independence

G Washington / Humphreys
GEORGE WASHINGTON First American President

G Washington / Scrap 1880
GEORGE WASHINGTON First American President

G Washington / Miniature
GEORGE WASHINGTON First American President

Philippe Lebon
PHILIPPE LEBON French chemist who introduced coal gas lighting for streets with his Thermolampe 1799

18th Century Haymakers
A farming family bring in the hay

Carl Theodor / Bavaria
CARL THEODOR of PFALZ and BAVARIA Kurfurst of Pfalz (from 1743) and Bavaria (1777-99)

Back from Longchamp 1799
A lady makes her way back from Longchamp, on the outskirts of Paris, in a shower of rain : her high-waisted, low-cut dress will be soaked, making it more revealing than ever

Morning Dress 1799
Two ladies in Morning Dress for September 1799 : one carries a tiny parasol while her companion reads a letter

Lazzaro Spallanzani
LAZZARO SPALLANZANI Italian naturalist

Rosetta Stone Findplace
The Bastion de Saint Julien at Rosetta (today Rashid) in the Nile delta, where the Rosetta Stone was discovered by Bussard, one of Napoleons officers

Beaumarchais / Delepech
PIERRE-AUGUSTIN CARON de BEAUMARCHAIS French clockmaker, financier and writer of The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)

Balzac & Mme De Berny
HONORE DE BALZAC with his greatest love, MADAME DE BERNY, whom he called La Dilecta and who inspired him throughout his life

Napoleon Coup D etat 4
THE 19TH BRUMAIRE With fellow consuls Sieyes and Ducos, Bonaparte stages his coup d etat at Saint-Cloud, dissolving the Conseil du 500 overthrowing the Directoire

Napoleon Coup D etat 3
THE 19TH BRUMAIRE Bonaparte, with fellow consuls Sieyes and Ducos, stages his coup d etat at Saint-Cloud, dissolving the Conseil du 500 overthrowing the Directoire

Napoleon Coup D etat
THE 19TH BRUMAIRE Bonapartes coup d etat : he dissolves the Conseil du 500 at Saint-Cloud and overthrows the Directoire

Passage of the Linth
The French cross the Linth river, in Switzerland, where they have no right to be

Revolutionary Officials
Uniforms of French Revolutionary officials are elaborate with much gold braid & tassels. Garments include cloaks, capes & sashes. One carries a sword

G Washington / Anon Postcd
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the USA, presides at the altar of his Lodge while planning the laying of the corner stone of the Capitol Building, Washington

Battle of Loubi
EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN Battle of Loubi, near Nazareth - Junot, with only 450 men, is surrounded and attacked by 3000 enemy cavalry, but successfully repels them

G Washington / Trumbull
GEORGE WASHINGTON American soldier & statesman

HERMIONE CAPTURED
In the West Indies, Captain Hamilton boards and takes the Hermione from the Spanish

William Dargan
WILLIAM DARGAN Irish railway and canal projector. with his autograph

General Ginckel 1799
GODERT DE GINCKEL First Earl of Athlone, British general of Dutch origin

Giuseppe Acerbi
GIUSEPPE ACERBI Italian traveller who 1799 made a memorable journey through Finland and Lapland to the North Cape - the first foreigner to do so

Mary Howitt Old
MARY HOWITT Writer, wife of William Howitt in old age

Mary Howitt Photo
MARY HOWITT Writer, wife of William Howitt with her autograph

Mary Howitt (Hughes)
MARY HOWITT Writer, wife of William Howitt

Mary Howitt
MARY HOWITT Writer, wife of William Howitt with her autograph

George Washington Profil
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Hugh Stowell
HUGH STOWELL Evangelical churchman

Powder Plot Cellar
Interior of the Crypt or Powder Plot Cellar beneath the old Palace of Westminster looking towards Charing Cross. It was taken down in June 1833

Dutch Leave Holland
The British force in the Netherlands embarks for England

Death of Tippoo Sahib
Sir David Baird discovering the body of Tippoo Sahib after the capture of Seringapatam

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