1813 Collection (page 12)

Dinner / Stately Home / 1813
A group of five men sit drinking and chatting around a dinner table in a stately home

Wellington & Pyrenees
Wellington crosses the Pyrenees from Spain into France : in his camp at night

Man in Green Coat 1813
Green frock coat with velvet collar & unbuttoned cuff, short waistcoat with stand collar, white stock or cravat, Wellington pantaloons, pale grey top hat with green brim

Hunting Dress 1813
Single-breasted green coat cut away below the waist, cuffs unbuttoned, stand-fall collar & leather belt, red waistcoat, cravat, breeches, top boots, spurs, velvet hard hat

Frere Jean-Olympe
Frere JEAN-OLYMPE French churchman

Allies Invade France
After a series of victories, the Allies drive Napoleon from Germany and in their turn cross the Rhine to invade France in a flotilla of barges

Rudolf Virchow
RUDOLF VIRCHOW German medical scientist and statesman

James Jesse Strang
JAMES JESSE STRANG American churchman, founder of a Mormon breakaway group

Gretry Postcard
ANDRE-ERNEST-MODESTE GRETRY French composer

Battle of Lutzen
At the indecisive battle of Lutzen, the Allies retire, giving Napoleon a nominal victory

The Sphinx in 1813
Even in 1813 the Pyramids and the Sphinx were wonders of the world, intriguing scientists and sightseers, antiquaries and archeologists

Aa Parmentier / French Cd
ANTOINE-AUGUSTIN PARMENTIER introduces the potato to France, 1785

Karl Theodor Korner
KARL THEODOR KORNER German writer and patriot (here, as a child)

Leigh Hunt / Ford
JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT - English poet, essayist and imprisoned for criticising the Prince Regent in 1813

Costume / Women 1813
A Frenchwoman, towards the end of the Napoleonic Wars, wears a hat which echoes the helmets of the officers she admires. Late C19th version of early C19th dress

Aa Parmentier / Trade Card
ANTOINE-AUGUSTIN PARMENTIER French agriculturist

Aa Parmentier / Anon Card
ANTOINE-AUGUSTIN PARMENTIER French agriculturist

Shannon V Chesapeake
NAVAL COMBAT off Boston between HMS Shannon and the American frigate Chesapeake

Battle of Lake Erie
BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE The American ship Niagara rakes the British vessels Detroit and Queen Charlotte, leading to a decisive American victory

Giuseppe Verdi / Eichhorn
GIUSEPPE VERDI Italian composer

Giuseppe Verdi / Postcard
GIUSEPPE VERDI Italian composer

Sir Henry Bessemer / Photo
SIR HENRY BESSEMER English engineer and inventor

Puffing Billy, designed by William Hedley
The Puffing Billy locomotive, designed by William Hedley

John Charles Fremont, American explorer
John Charles Fremont, American soldier, explorer and presidential candidate

Alexander Wilson, American ornithologist
Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist and illustrator, seen here with a rifle

Construction of a voltaic battery in Paris
Construction of a large voltaic battery at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, covering 54 square metres, on the orders of Napoleon

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883
WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER German composer

Wagner / Tid / Bayreuth
RICHARD WAGNER German musician, playing to friends at Bayreuth

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