1807 Gallery

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). Construction took place 1807 to 1810, and the light was installed 1811. The lamps and reflectors were replaced in 1843. Seen here in a typically rough sea

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Green Coat & Cane 1807

Green double-breasted cut-away coat with stand-fall collar & revers, white waistcoat, cravat & silk stockings, pale grey breeches, black pumps, top hat & fob ribbon

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Pattern 1796, Light Cavalry Officers sword, 15th Hussars

Pattern 1796, Light Cavalry Officers sword, 15th Hussars.Blade is curved and fullered with engraved decoration in the linear style typical of the period, the decoration includes floral designs, Trophies of Arms and, under the langet, the letters A.S.B.Steel stirrup guard with scalloped edged langets; leather covered grip with some double twisted wire binding remaining.Royal United Service Institute list states this was carried by Col Henry Lane, 15th Hussars, at the battle of Waterloo; the colonel assisted Sibourne in the building of the Waterloo Model; the letters A.S.B probably refer to the maker on account of their position.Associated with Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815). Sword, cavalry officer, pattern 1796 Date: 1815

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