1809 Collection (page 15)

Fourcroy - 2
ANTOINE FRANCOIS, comte de FOURCROY French chemist and statesman

Darwin / Ancestor Cartoon
CHARLES DARWIN English naturalist Cartoon of the Darwinian ancestor; " For O it is such a Norrible Tail!"

DARWIN / ILS / 1882
CHARLES DARWIN English naturalist

Siege of Zaragoza
PENINSULA CAMPAIGN Siege of ZARAGUZA (Saragossa) Despite heroic resistance, the Spanish eventually have to yield the town to the French on 21 February 1809

Royal Exchange / Row&pugin
An exterior scene at the Royal Exchange with lots of people milling about

Napoleon & Josephine
Napoleon tells Josephine he is going to divorce her for dynastic reasons : he wants a son, so its a case of Not tonight, Josephine, nor any other night ! She faints

Napoleon in Danger
At the battle of Aspern- Essling, he is warned not to expose himself to a Prussian sniper

Stabs Attempt
At a parade at Schonbrunn, Stabs has a stab at stabbing Napoleon but is caught; he says his motive is to end the fighting

Watching Men in Action
He watches his conscripts as they go into action

Sleeps during Battle
He sleeps during the battle of Wagram, snatching the chance to rebuild his strength

Bivouac at Wagram
Surrounded by his officers, he sleeps in his bivouac on the field of Wagram, the night of 5 - 6 July 1809 Date: 1769 - 1821

Napoleon I at Wagram
BATTLE OF WAGRAM Napoleon watches his men defeat the Austrians, using an eyeglass

POE (ANON)
EDGAR ALLAN POE American writer

Poe (Stuart)
EDGAR ALLAN POE American writer

Poe (Hollyer)
EDGAR ALLAN POE American writer

POE
EDGAR ALLAN POE American writer

Poe and Friends
EDGAR ALLAN POE American writer (on the right) with friends from the University of Virginia, Miles George and Thomas Goode Tucker, probably taken about 1840

Samuel Morley / Hornet 72
SAMUEL MORLEY statesman, philanthropist &c

Gladstones Birthplace
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Birthplace in Rodney street, Liverpool

Darwin / 1849 / Masure
Charles Darwin in 1849

Fanny Kemble / Taylor
FRANCES ANNE ( FANNY ) KEMBLE actress and writer at age 22

Alfred Tennyson
Alfred, Lord Tennyson Writer

Davy Lectures
Humphry Davy lectures at the Surrey Institution, London

Tennyson / Colour Portrait
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON English poet

Tennyson (Hornet)
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON English poet A caricature

Gladstone / Vanity Fair 87
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE British statesman

Gladstone Fells a Tree
Gladstone was renowned for his fondness for felling trees : psychiatrists would no doubt get to the roots of this and and show why it drove him to branch out into politics

Moore at Corunna
Sir John Moore retreats to Corunna

Darwin / Home / Downe / Kent
Charles Darwins home at Downe, Kent

Felix Mendelssohn / Ink
FELIX MENDELSSOHN German composer

We Gladstone / Holl / Mayall
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE English politician MP sitting in a chair

Events / New Zealand / 1809
SAMUEL MARSDEN lands in the Bay of Islands(North Island) and is met by native Maoris

ALAYRAC (1753 - 1809)
NICOLAS-MARIE D ALAYRAC French composer

John Adolph Dahlgren
JOHN ADOLPH DAHLGREN American naval officer; designer of armaments

Charles Darwin as a wild man of the jungle
Charles Darwin, depicted as a wild man of the jungle with a beard almost down to his feet

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