Dickens / Empty ChairHIS HOME AT GADSHILL His desk and empty chair after his death, dated 9 June 1870
Dickens & his CreationsCharles Dickens Writer
Charles Dickens / Bibby sCharles Dickens Writer
Charles DickensCHARLES DICKENS English writer, at his writing desk, circa 1860
Battle of SalamancaWellington decisively defeats the French under Marmont at Salamanca, destroying the French army at relatively little cost
Napoleonic War CartoonNAPOLEON OVER-REACHES HIMSELF He makes a giant stride from the Peninsula to Russia - but this time he has gone too far
Sergeant - Royal North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Napoleonic War - Hussar of the French 7th Hussars
Charles Dickens, by Andre Gill, 1868Engraved caricature of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the English writer, produced by the French artist, Andre Gill, first published in 1868
Bleak House, Broadstairs, Kent, England. This building has great literary associations, for it was here that Charles Dickens lived and wrote " David Copperfield" etc
Peninsula War: BadajozPENINSULA WAR British troops under Wellington and General Picton, storm the garrison at Badajoz
Gads Hill HouseThe fine red brick house at Gads Hill, near Rochester, Kent. It was here that Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870, while writing his novel " Edwin Drood"
Alexander HerzenALEXANDER HERZEN Russian revolutionary, editor and writer, son of nobleman, exiled in the west, espoused socialist principles
Samuel Smiles Vanity FrSAMUEL SMILES Scottish author, best known for his book Self-Help of 1859
Robert Browning / QuinnellROBERT BROWNING Colour portrait
Napoleon at MoscowHe watches Moscow burn
Maps / Pacific OceanMap of the Pacific Ocean on Mercators projection
Napoleonic War - Grenadier of the French Imperial Guard
Little Turtle / MiamiChief of the Miami tribe who led a number of raids on settlers in the Northwest Territory. He was forced to sign the Treaty of Greenville in 1795
The Grave of Charles Dickens, Westminster Abbey, 1870Engraving showing a large group of Victorian visitors to Westminster Abbey crowding round the grave of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), to pay their last respects to the English writer
Squalus maximus, Basking shark taken at Brighton 5 Dec 1812Watercolour and ink
Napoleon / Moscow RetreatThe French retreat from Moscow Date: 1812
Jeremy Benthams PanopticonJeremy Benthams proposed panopticon workhouse or industry house for up to 2000 inmates. The scheme, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved
Edmund Pendleton GainesEDMUND PENDLETON GAINES American military commander who served in the 1812 war, the Seminole war, the Mexican war, the Black Hawk war etc
Athena / Minerva BustA colossal head of Minerva, an example of very early Greek sculpture. The goddess is shown in a heavily restored form with later additions of a helmet crest and owl motifs
Soho Square, London 1812Soho Square, with cattle
Carcel and his LampBERTRAND GUILLAUME CARCEL, French clockmaker, in 1800 demonstrates his oil lamp which incorporates wheels and pistons. Its a good lamp, but he dies in poverty
Edward LearEDWARD LEAR Artist and nonsense poet, showing a stranger who thought that Edward Lear was merely a pseudonym, the inside of his hat with his name in the lining
Spencer Perceval / PicartSPENCER PERCEVAL son of 2nd Earl Egmont, opposed Catholic emancipation, insisted on continuance of Napoleonic war, made banknotes legal tender, assassinated
FRENCH GRENADIER 1812A GRENADIER A CHEVAL of the Garde Imperiale, in campaign uniform Date: 1812
Browning / Vanity FairROBERT BROWNING writer Date: 1812 - 1889
Dickens Weger EngCHARLES DICKENS Dickens in 1868. Date: 1812 - 1870
A most stupendous basking shark caught within one league ofAdvertising flyer for the public exhibition in London of a basking shark caught in Brighton
Home of Charles Dickens in Devonshire Terrace, LondonThe home of Charles Dickens, English novelist, at 1 Devonshire Terrace, London
Jullien / Cruikshank / 1852LOUIS-ANTOINE JULLIEN Satire on the popularity of the French musician and the concerts which he conducted in Britain from 1840 to 1859
Awn Pugin / HerbertAUGUSTUS WELBY NORTHMORE PUGIN English architect and designer who championed the gothic style
Salamanca 1812 (Kelly)At SALAMANCA Wellington scores a great victory, destroying a third of the French army in 45 minutes : British losses were only one-third of the French
Wroxeter (Vriconium)A surviving section of the Roman wall of Wroxeter, the largest Roman city to survive completely without any modern development. Only the Roman Baths are on public display
Dickens Left ProfileCHARLES DICKENS Dickens in thoughtful mood
Dickens Gurney PhotoCHARLES DICKENS Dickens at his desk in 1867
French Enter MoscowNapoleon enters Moscow - but he will soon have to retreat
Henry MartynHENRY MARTYN English missionary and orientalist; translated the New Testament into Hindustani and Psalms into Persian
London / Hyde ParkDr Syntax in Hyde Park
BADAJOZ 1813Badajoz, supposed impregnable, surrenders to Wellington after a sustained siege
The triumphal entry of the Duke of Wellington into Madrid in 1812. Engraving based on the painting by W.Hilton from 1825. Engraving
Luddites smash weaving machinery in a Nottingham textile factory. The Luddites were a movement of radical group of English textile workers
Plans, Chateau de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, FrancePlans for the restoration of the logis royaux or royal appartments, 1812, in the collection of the Chateau de Chinon or Forteresse royale de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
Proclamation of the Constitution in Madrid, 1820Liberal Triennium (Trienio Liberal) (1820-1823). Proclamation of the Constitution in Madrid, 1820. Lithograph on paper by Godefroy Engelmann (1788-1839). Drawing by Eugene Lami (1800-1890)
