1810 Collection (page 10)

Louise Colet
LOUISE COLET (nee Revoil) French writer of the Romantic school - verses such as Ce qui est dans le coeur des femmes, and novels such as Les coeurs brises

David Collins
DAVID COLLINS British soldier, administrator in Australia

Adrien Bouchardat
ADRIEN BOUCHARDAT French chemist

Andrew Rs Bowes
ANDREW ROBINSON STONEY BOWES Adventurer who married the Countess of Strathmore : portrait done in 1799

Armstrongs hydro-electric machine
Hydro-electric machine invented by William George Armstrong (1810-1900), later Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, in the 1840 s

The King and Queen at the Windsor festivities
George III (1738-1820)and Queen Charlotte observing the roasting of an ox at Windsor, part of celebrations to mark the kings Diamond Jubilee in 1810

Distributing money to the French prisoners of war at Portsmo
A scene during the celebrations of George IIIs Diamond Jubilee in 1810 showing threepence being distributed by Burridge and Sons of Portsmouth to 6715 French prisoners being held on board prison

British in Mauritius
The British occupy the island of Mauritius (in the Indian Ocean), taking over from the French

Racial / Russia / Cheboksary
Two Sherrameeze girls with a little boy at Cheboksary on the Volga, wearing traditional costume

Temple of Zeus Ammon
Interior of the temple of Zeus (or Jupiter) Ammon, at Siwa in the Libyan desert

Group of Odd Fellows
A GROUP OF ODD FELLOWS

Royal Academy 1810
The hall of the Royal Academy, at this time housed in Somerset House; in 1837 it will move to Trafalgar Square, and finally in 1868 to Burlington House, Piccadilly

Gilmerton Quarry
Working the quarry at Gilmerton, Tayside (Scotland)

Regency Beauty
A Regency beauty wearing a white robe over a blue slip, low cut corsage with lace tucker & medici collar, cameo belt buckle, pearls, long gloves & Kashmir shawl

Tearful Confession / Love
A weasel-faced gentleman accompanied by his black servant confesses his love toward a lovely young maiden, unable to control his emotions

Halfway House Inn C1810
An English country inn - The Halfway House - note that refreshment is provided not only for the traveller but also for his horse

Chopin / Ship / Mallorquin
FREDERIC CHOPIN El Mallorquin: the ship in which the Polish composer and George Sand sailed from Barcelona to Palma on 8 November 1838

Wheelwright Worker
A wheelwright working on the spokes of a wheel

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809ÔÇô1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn - German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Date: circa 1840s

Wm Armstrong / Fireplace
SIR WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG Baron Armstrong Engineer, inventor and arms manufacturer relaxing at home

John Henry Walsh
JOHN HENRY WALSH sporting writer under the nom- de-plume Stonehenge, editor of The Field. In 1875

Battle of Busaco
At BUSACO, Wellington with 25000 men resists successive attacks by the French under Massena with 65000 - a crucial victory

Fanny Elssler / Perrot
FANNY ELSSLER Austrian ballet dancer, seen here dancing with Jules Perrot in La Castilliana Bolero in Le Delire d un Peintre

Willie Lotts House, Flatford, Essex, England, a picturesque 16th century cottage on a backwater of the River Stour, the subject of a famous (1810) painting by John Constable

FERDINAND II (1810-1859)
FERDINAND II OF THE TWO SICILIES House of Bourbon; ruled from November 1830 to May 1859

Death and Dissolution
Revellers are disconcerted to learn, amid their debauchery, that one of their companions is none other than Death himself !

Chelsea Pensioners
Chelsea pensioners dining in their hall at Chelsea Hospital : tradition holds that the original inspiration for the Hospital came from Nell Gwynne

Sir Anthony Rothschild
SIR ANTHONY ROTHSCHILD philanthropist, sportsman, member of English branch of international banking family

Robert Schumann / Anon
ROBERT SCHUMANN German musician

Events / War / Crimean War
sir CHARLES ASH WINDHAM Military, notable for capture of the Redan, Sebastopol, during the Crimea War

George Sand & De Musset
ALFRED DE MUSSET with GEORGE SAND at Venice : he was neither the first nor the last of her many lovers

Frederic Chopin / Thiriat
FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician

Louis Bonaparte
LOUIS BONAPARTE - Brother of Napoleon I - made King of Holland before abdicating in 1810

Pt Barnum / Punch 1884
PHINEAS TAYLOR BARNUM American showman

Phineas Taylor Barnum
PHINEAS TAYLOR BARNUM American showman - opened museum of curios, exhibited Tom Thumb and imported Jumbo

Alexander Bain
ALEXANDER BAIN Scottish inventor and electrician

Cavour / Anon Eng
CAMILLO CAVOUR Italian statesman

Robert Schumann / Eichhorn
ROBERT SCHUMANN German musician

Robert Schumann / Miniatur
ROBERT SCHUMANN German musician, circa 1834

Robert Schumann / Best
ROBERT SCHUMANN German musician

Robert Schumann / Cig Card
ROBERT SCHUMANN German musician

Ozias Humphry Artist

Fritz Reuter / Postcard
FRITZ REUTER German writer of stories and poems

Battle of Busaco 1810
At the battle of BUSACO Wellingtons men defeat a French army more than twice as large, securing a safe retreat to Torres Vedras : Portugal is now almost free from French

Torres Vedras 1810
Wellington takes up a strong position at TORRES VEDRAS, Portugal

Montgolfier Bros / Miniatu
THE MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS French balloonists, Etienne and Joseph

Philip Henry Gosse
PHILIP HENRY GOSSE naturalist, with his son Edmund

J L a Quatrefages De B
Jean Louis Armans, de QUATREFAGES DE BREAU French medical, naturalist

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