1812 Collection (page 10)

Dickens / Liverpool Inst
CHARLES DICKENS Giving an address at the Liverpool Mechanics Institution, in 1844

Dickens / Furniss
CHARLES DICKENS Victorian novelist

Napoleon at Beresina
As his troops cross the Beresina during the retreat from Moscow, he is struck by the cold

Napoleonic / Moscow Battle
The Battle of Moscow

Russian Fleet Destroyed
The Tsar, convinced that his fleet will be burnt, prefers to set fire to it himself, in imitation of his predecessors heroic act in 1812

Home of Charles Dickens at Gadshill, Kent
The country home of Charles Dickens, English novelist, at Gadshill, near Rochester, Kent

Birthplace of Charles Dickens
The birthplace (7 February 1812) of Charles Dickens, English novelist, in Commercial Road, Portsmouth

Snug Winter Quarters a comment on Napoleons claim that weather conditions favour his strategy in Russia

Napoleon Escapes
The Narrow Escape - an apocryphal story claims that Napoleon, during his Russian campaign, escaped from some Cossacks by jumping from a window into a pigsty

Battle of Moscow, 1812
The battle of MOSCOW - the French overcome the Russian resistance and take the city, which they will subsequently leave in flames

French Retreat, Russia
The French army retreats from Moscow

Battle of Salamanca 1812
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

P M V R De Laprade
Pierre-Marin-Victor-Richard de LAPRADE French writer

Camille Doucet
CAMILLE DOUCET French writer

Jean-Barthelemy Haureau
JEAN-BARTHELEMY HAUREAU French philosopher, archivist and historian

Animated Toys for Sale
A man demonstrates his animated toys to some excited children. By pulling a string, their legs jump up and down

Dickens Birthplace
HIS BIRTHPLACE at 387 Mile End Terrace, Commercial Road, Landport, Portsmouth, where Charles Dickens was born on 7 February 1812

House of Agnes
The House of Agnes, 71 St, Dunstans Street, Canterbury, Kent. This splendid house is associated with the love story in " David Copperfield"

Girl Sells Flowers 1812
All a-blowin A young woman sells posies from a basket

Girl Selling Potatoes
Girl selling potatoes, full weight

CHAIRS TO MEND
A girl with basket of reeds and a chair over one shoulder cries chairs to mend!

Girl Sells Strawberries
A girl sells fresh strawberries in cones from a basket over her arm

London Eggs Seller
A woman with a basket of eggs on her arm cries New-laid eggs, eight a groat; crack em and try em!

Milkmaid with Pails
A milkmaid wearing a pretty bonnet and carrying a yoke with two pails cries Milk O!

Dog Finds Way Home
MOFFINO goes with his master, a Milanese corporal, on Napoleons Russian campaign : separated during the retreat, he crosses Europe and finds his way home to Italy

Sir George Cockburn
SIR GEORGE COCKBURN British naval officer. Commanded forces in War of 1812 during capture of Washington, D.C (1814)

Samuel Smiles Le Lieure
SAMUEL SMILES Scottish author, best known for his book Self-Help of 1859, at the age of 78

Samuel Smiles Walker
SAMUEL SMILES Scottish author, best known for his book Self-Help of 1859, at the age of 58

Samuel Smiles Dag type
SAMUEL SMILES Scottish author, best known for his book Self-Help of 1859, at the age of 28

Samuel Smiles Carte Vis
SAMUEL SMILES Scottish author, best known for his book Self-Help of 1859

Robert Browning Lehmann
ROBERT BROWNING the English poet in later life

Browning Armytage
ROBERT BROWNING the English poet as a young man

Moscow in 1807
A view of Moscow made before the fire of 1812 which was started by the Russians in an attempt to hinder Napoleons advance

Abu Simbel 1845
The colossal figures, 20 metres high, are depicted here pretty much as they were found by travellers in 1812 : they are badly damaged and partly concealed by sand

Byron and Spirit
Byron himself - the Pilgrim - wishes that he could leave the world and enjoy solitude with one fair spirit for my minister

Dickens Cp&g
CHARLES DICKENS Dickens in c1860

Dickens Dulwich Adelphi
CHARLES DICKENS Dickens speaking at the Dulwich College Charity Meeting at the Adelphi Theatre

Dickens Baker Eng
CHARLES DICKENS Dickens in 1858

Dickens Mayall Dag
CHARLES DICKENS Dickens in 1851

Dickens Brooding
CHARLES DICKENS The elderly Dickens in pensive mood

Dickens Watkins Photo
CHARLES DICKENS

Dickens Young Man
CHARLES DICKENS Dickens as a young man, c1836

Dickens as Bobadil
CHARLES DICKENS Dickens in the role of Captain Bobadil in Ben Jonsons Every Man in His Humour

White Dress 1812
White muslin dress worn with white spencer trimmed with decorative edging. The sleeves have 7 divisions and are en bouffants with equidistant bands. The ankles are exposed

Henry Iv / Covent Gdn / Rwln
Doctor Syntax : a performance of Henry IV

SIR G GREY (1812-1898)
SIR GEORGE GREY - Colonial administrator whose arrogance and insensitivity, despite his abilities, led to catastrophe for the New Zealand Maoris and S. African Xhosa (Kaffirs)

Wellington Enters Madrid
The Duke of Wellington enters Madrid at the head of the British army having driven the French out, and is welcomed by the Spanish citizens

Battle of Witepsk
The French prepare to engage the Russians

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