1808 Collection (page 8)

Sir Henry Cole
SIR HENRY COLE Civil servant, museum director, artist, editor

James Anderson, Economist
JAMES ANDERSON - Scottish economist and inventor : actively concerned with the Scottish fisheries, and in agricultural reform, where he made valuable innovations

Duc De Persigny
Jean Gilbert Victor Fialan, duc de PERSIGNY French diplomat, statesman, nobleman, depicted here as a court monkey in Napoleon IIIs entourage

Elizabeth Alexander 106
ELIZABETH ALEXANDER Oxford-born resident of Hanway Street, Tottenham Court Road, London : she had 9 children and was supposed to be the oldest woman in England

After Battle of Baylen
The people of Baylen raise their flag after their Patriotic Army defeats a (much larger) French force under Dupont, who surrenders his whole army to the Spanish

Napoleon III as Vulture
NAPOLEON III caricatured as a vulture, with France as his bleeding victim

Macmahon / Comte / Gill
Marie-Edme-Patrice-Maurice, comte de MACMAHON French soldier and statesman, a good soldier but a hopeless statesman

Maria Felicia Malibran
Singer, born in Paris. Eldest daughter of Manual Garcia. In 1825 performed for the first time in London with the Italian Opera Company

Sultan Selim III
SELIM III - a keen reformer, he angers vested interests with his ideas, is deposed in 1807 and murdered by strangulation after a years imprisonment

Hamburg Flowerseller
A flower-seller of Hamburg invites you to buy a bunch

Custom House 1808
The Custom House seen from the Thames, with a variety of river boats and shipping

Asylum Dining Hall
The dining room of the Asylum, or House of Refuge, at Lambeth, for the reception of friendless and deserted girls

Cold-Bath Fields Prison
The Water-Engine Court, where prisoners at hard labour work for an hour at a stretch

Liberty Rouses Europe
Liberty, pointing to the success of Spain and Portugal (with a little help from England) in resisting France, urges the rest of Europe to arise against tyranny !

Coal Exchange, London
The Coal Exchange is where the 960, 000 chaldrons of coal (each of 36 bushels) imported from Newcastle etc each year to keep Londoners warm, are regulated and, of course, taxed

Caroline Bonaparte
CAROLINE (MARIE-ANONCIADE) Sister of Napoleon I (reigned as Queen of Naples 1808-1815)

BARBEY D AUREVILLY (1808
Jules Barbey d Aurevilly French writer

Napoleon in Madrid
Napoleon is Welcomed into Madrid

Napoleon Iii / Fossey
LOUIS NAPOLEON III with Eugenie and le Prince Imperial, and Prince Napoleon and other members of his family, courtiers &c

James Nasmyth / World Inve
JAMES NASMYTH Scottish engineer, inventor of the steam hammer (1839)

J Murat / Miniature 1813
JOACHIM MURAT French cavalry commander who became King of Naples in 1808 under the title JOACHIM I NAPOLEON

Caroline Bonaparte / Murat
CAROLINE (MARIE-ANONCIADE) Sister of Napoleon I, wife of Joachim Murat, King of Naples (she reigned as Queen of Naples 1808-15)

Macmahon / Comte / Moloch 82
Marie-Edme-Patrice-Maurice COMTE DE MACMAHON French soldier and politician, President of France (1873-79): a satirical view

Oxford Blues
OXFORD BLUES Showing the uniform when viewed from the front and in reverse. One of the soldiers is shown mounted on his horse

Jean Charles Chenu
JEAN CHARLES CHENU French medical, naturalist

Antoine Louis Clapisson
ANTOINE LOUIS CLAPISSON Italian/French musician

Hippolyte, Baron Larrey
FELIX HIPPOLYTE, baron LARREY Distinguished surgeon from a famous French medical fdamily

A Nelaton / Lafosse 1865
AUGUSTE NELATON French surgeon

J J a M Baron De Witte
Jean-Joseph-Antoine-Marie, baron de WITTE Belgian/French scholar

Albert Grisar / Postcard
ALBERT GRISAR Belgian composer

Costa / Cig Card
SIR MICHAEL COSTA British composer and conductor, born in Italy

John Taylor / Mormon Cdv
JOHN TAYLOR Mormon leader, born in England

Caroline Norton / Cdv
CAROLINE NORTON nee SHERIDAN English writer

Christian Vii / Danish Roy
CHRISTIAN VII King of Denmark and Norway (1766-1808) - became insane and handed over control to Crown Prince Frederick (Frederick VI)

Napoleon Iii / Music Sheet
LOUIS NAPOLEON III Emperor of France

Napoleon Iii / Vfair 1869
LOUIS NAPOLEON III depicted as a tired and enfeebled old man, dubiously supported by France

Napoleon Iii / Moloch 82
NAPOLEON III with Sedan - the battle which finally destroyed him - written on his brow, and a dagger in his back

Slate Quarry / Wales
Lord Penryns slate quarry, near Bangor, North Wales

Therese Peche / Miniature
THERESE PECHE Austrian-German actress

Katarina Goethe / Mother
KATARINA ELISABETH GOETHE (1731 - 1808) Mother of Goethe

FISHER AMES (1758-1808)
FISHER AMES American Statesman

Bow Street Office / Pugin
The Bow Street Office at the time of an examination. This office has the largest jurisdiction of any in the metropolis

Degens Design / Colour
Jacob Degens flapping wings design

Police / Watchmen / 1808
The watchmen Getting ready for their shift at Marylebone Watch-house, London. At the time, the night watchmen were the only public policing body in London

Spain Goya War C1808
I Saw This : scene of confusion amongst the Spanish population during the Peninsular War

Catholic Service 1808
Service in the Roman Catholic chapel, Lincolns Inn Fields, London

1st Earl of Liverpool
1ST EARL OF LIVERPOOL, Charles Jenkinson English politician

Fleet Prison Courtyard
Prisoners in the courtyard exercising and playing racquets

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