1816 Gallery

View of the River Wye and Old Wye Bridge at Chepstow

View of the River Wye (at low tide) at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. The scene is dominated by the Old Wye Bridge, constructed of cast iron during the Regency period in 1816, to designs initially by John Rennie but greatly modified by the bridge builder, John Rastrick. Date: circa 1906

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Rene-Theophile-Hyacinthe Laennec, French physician

Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec, French physician, inventor of the stethoscope in 1816 at the Hopital Necker in Paris, where he was working at the time. Seen here using a stethoscope on a patient

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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Army of India Medal, 1799-1826, with clasps

Army of India Medal, 1799-1826, with clasps: Kirkee and Poona.Awarded to Jemadar Dawoodjee Israel.Relating to the 2nd Bn, 1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry.Associated with the Battle of Kirkee, 3rd Maratha War (1816-1819). Date: 1826

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