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Warlord Wednesday: Black Seas and Black Powder collide! We're looking at the Napoleonic Wars at sea, and how to combine the two games in a campaign + new Podcast & painting ships the Royal Navy way. - https://t.co/7nGFwaBEcq
On this day in 1814, a legion of diplomats descend onto Vienna to map out post-Napoleonic Europe and (hopefully) prevent future wars. Their new world order will be temporarily upended six months later after Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
A contemporary of Nelson, Admiral William Cornwallis was a major figure in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars, and an admired leader in his time.
This year, the bicentenary of his death, discover his life and career in our #CairdLibrary display: https://t.co/PsXchiKN15
Theories why the 1903 #GradeIIListed statue of #TitusSalt has its back to #Saltaire include to prevent the face being hit by stray #cricket balls & to symbolise looking at other horizons. But why place him in the line of fire from a #NapoleonicWars cannon?
The English bulldog appears frequently in our digitized Curzon collection of cartoons from the Napoleonic Wars. Here, a bulldog named Wellington and a Russian bear attack a monkey representing Napoleon.
The Battle of Ligny: June 16th 1815, 2:00pm, by @TheRedEpic
"This is the third of three Napoleonic Maps I did for Forbidden Games and my friend/owner Glenn Drover."
More info at the link.
https://t.co/9ZBCRXJPx0
The Battle of Quatre Bras: June 16th 1815, 3:30pm, by @TheRedEpic
"This is the second of three Napoleonic Maps I did for Forbidden Games and my friend/owner Glenn Drover."
https://t.co/xHObOhLLC7
The 1844 uprising of the Silesian Weavers has been the subject of poems, songs, paintings, sketchings, and film.
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Learn more in Chapter 22 of the #podcast: “Industry on the Post-Napoleonic Continent” (available now)
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#history #laborhistory #industrialrevolution
Napoleonic french grenadier of the 85th regiment of the line.
#digitalart #commissionartist #History
I guess Napoleonic era goblins are my thing now. #goblin #miniature
For almost five years 1807-1812, Russia was allied to Napoleon & an enemy of Britain. But the Royal Navy was aggressively active in the Baltic against Russian forces, no ship more daring than HMS Implacable. Click: https://t.co/iZYJl6PeqX #RoyalNavy #Napoleonic #MaritimeHistory
I have to give a lecture on the Napoleonic Wars tomorrow, so naturally I was reminded of this gem: using the memory of Elizabeth and the Armada to threaten Napoleon. He’s so scared, his hat flies of his head! #ArmadaAfterlives
(Image: @britishmuseum)
A bit of a play around today. 💂♂️ #traditionalart #napoleonic #painting #art #history
Sanité Bélair, who served as a lieutenant under Haitian rebel general Toussaint Louverture, making her one of the only female military officers of the Napoleonic era. This portrait of her appears on the Haitian 10 gourde banknote.
Influence of the Napoleonic Wars and Violence on English Society in the Regency Period https://t.co/Cor7twRflU via @reginajeffers #history #Regency #Napoleon
A little something I did for somebody today: 'Eylau Charge!' #napoleonic #traditionalart