1815 Collection (page 13)

Trooper - 1st Regiment of Life Guards. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Interior and front view of the Little Theatre, Haymarket
Etching showing the interior of the Little Theatre, Haymarket and of the front view of the above, published by Robert Wilkinson, 1 December 1815. HPG/8/2/1 (xxv)

Jean Mac / Gill
Jean Mac (1815-1894) Republican journalist and teacher, lecturer and tireless defender of public education for all. In 1866, he founded the League of French education

Portland Place
Making hay, at the entrance to Portland Place

Deptford & Greenwich
Distant view of the Thames at Deptford and Greenwich : if our Library had existed at this time, it would be out of sight to the right of this view

Henri de Lacretelle / Demare
Henri de Lacretelle (1815-1895) French politician, writer and member of the Chamber of Deputies

Arsne Houssaye / Gill
Arsne Houssaye (1815-1896) Journalist, art critic, dramatist novelist and director of the Comdie-Franaise (1849-1856)

Officer - 95th Rifles (Peninsular War)

Sergeant - 1st Foot - Royal Scots Regiment - Light Infantry Battalion. The horn badge on his headdress indicates light infantry

Prince Otto von Bismarck, c. 1898
Engraved portrait of Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1815-1898), the Prusso-German statesman and first Chancellor of the German Empire, pictured c.1898

Prince Otto von Bismarck in his study, 1882
Engraving showing Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1815-1898), the Prusso-German statesman and first Chancellor of the German Empire, pictured in his study, c.1882

Prince Otto von Bismarck, 1870
Engraved portrait of Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1815-1898), the Prusso-German statesman and first Chancellor of the German Empire, pictured in 1870

Prince Otto von Bismarck at Sedan, Franco-Prussian War, 1870
Engraving showing Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1815-1898), the Prusso-German statesman and first Chancellor of the German Empire

Treachery - Treachery - Treachery - !!!

Brune Assassinated
General Brune, a determined supporter of the Republic, is assassinated by royalists at Avignon while he is on his way to Paris. Date: 2 August 1815

Louis XVIII Satire
Louis XVIII returns somewhat less than triumphantly to Paris, re-establishing the monarchy and the Bourbon dynasty for a while

Louis XVIII Flees - 2
At the news of Napoleons return from Elba, Louis XVIII hastily quits the palais des Tuileries amid much bowing and scraping

Napoleon Returns
Napoleon leaves Elba, travels to Paris and re-enters the palais des Tuileries, but 100 days later he ll have to vacate it again

Map / Europe / Germany 1866
The growth of Prussia between 1815 and 1866

John McDouall Stuart (1815-1866)
Engraving of John McDouall Stuart, the Australian explorer, pictured in 1863. Born in Fife, Scotland, Stuart made six expeditions to the Australian interior between 1855 and 1862

John Singleton Copley
JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY Artist, best known for his historical subjects

Hablot Knight Browne - 2
HABLOT KNIGHT BROWNE Artist, best known for his illustrations to Dickens done under the sobriquet of Phiz

Bismarck 1885
OTTO von BISMARCK German statesman, in 1885 wearing uniform

Julie (Clary) Bonaparte
JULIE BONAPARTE, daughter of Francois Clary, wife of Napoleons elder brother Joseph, sometime king of Naples and of Spain. Lived in America 1815 - 1832

Bismarck with Dogs 1887
OTTO von BISMARCK German statesman, in 1887 with two dogs in his garden

Bismarck 1880S
OTTO EDUARD LEOPOLD, graf von BISMARCK, in the 1880s

Bismarck 1884
OTTO von BISMARCK German statesman, in 1884

Bismarck Profile 1890
OTTO von BISMARCK German statesman, profile view, 1890

American Privateer
An American two-masted privateer, during the war between Britain and America

French Caricature Shop
A French book- and print-shop attracts customers by placing topical caricatures on its door

Murat to Corsica
Joachim Murat switches sides on news of Napoleons return from Elba, sailing to Corsica in a doomed effort to establish Italian independence

Pius VII Returns
Pius VII returns from exile following Napoleons defeat : his feet are kissed by Carlo Emanuele IV as he enters St Peter s, and he forms a reactionary government

Louis XVIII Restored
After Waterloo, Louis XVIII can safely return to Paris, where he presides at a sitting of the Assemblee Nationale

Terreur Blanche
With the Restauration comes the Terreur Blanche - the White Terror - whereby the reinstalled Bourbons take revenge on those who backed Napoleon

George Stephenson experimenting with the safety lamp in a mi
Illustration of George Stephenson (1781-1848) experimenting with his safety lamp in a mine. It was designed by Stephenson in 1815, around the same time as Humphrey Davy invented a similar lamp

Grace Darling
An idealised late Victorian portrait of Grace Darling, who rowed out with her lightkeeper father to save nine from the wrecked Forfarshire steamer

Edward Forbes, 1850
EDWARD FORBES naturalist

Cambridge Anatomy Theatr
The Theatre of Anatomy in the Medical Schools at Cambridge University

History of Fashion 1815
Long sleeved white dress with vandyked hem & 11 folds on the skirt & tied at the back with a pink ribbon. A later 19th century view of earlier dress

Costume / G R Ward C. 1815
A young dark haired woman in a white gown with short, full sleeves and a red shawl. She wears her hair in soft curls. Her jewellery is of gold

Davys Safety Lamp
Sir Humphrey Davys safety lamp, invented in 1815 for use in coal mines

Davy Tests his Lamp
Humphry Davy tests his safety lamp, designed to operate in gassy mines without fear of sparking an explosion

St Petersburg Arsenal
The Arsenal and Foundry, in winter

F C Von Tettenborn
FRIEDRICH KARL von TETTENBORN German-Russian military commander during the Napoleonic wars : in 1815

Lake District / Syntax
A tourist in Englands Lake District sketches the scene before him - at this time, tourists carry sketch-books the way later travellers will carry cameras. Date: 1815

After Waterloo
French troops, retreating after the defeat at Waterloo, pass through a village and plunder as they go

Blucher Unhorsed
On the field of battle, the Prussian commander Prinz Blucher is unhorsed, his horse lying over him while the French cavalry hurry past unaware of him

James Ware, Surgeon
JAMES WARE surgeon

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