My number 28. Russian Musketeer, 1812. Pen, acrylic ink and acrylic paint.

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'Wellington'. My number 25. Pen, acrylic ink and acrylic paint.

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My piece number 19! More Trafalgar action. Pen and acrylic paint.

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Time to get back to as I've been away for a few days. My piece number 15. Pen, acrylic ink and acrylic paint.

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bought two cannons from the as features for Park. One of the many stories told is that one was fired 1805 during the Battle of Trafalgar. Another is that they were melted down for the war effort. Mmm

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Combat was deadly but relatively rare in the Age of Fighting Sail but weather was a constant threat. Being wrecked in such conditions meant high loss of life. HMS Sceptre, lost in 1799, provides a stark example. Click: https://t.co/wsjb3oISqB

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Napoleonic paintings by
Eugene Leliepvre🇫🇷

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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

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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.

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Though he survived Napoleon’s 1812 Retreat from Moscow, it was only one of the adventures of the much-wounded Nesbit Willoughby, one of the most unusual British naval officers of the Napoleonic era. Part 2 of 2. Click: https://t.co/xzZ4li1Tf7

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Surviving the 1812 Retreat from Moscow was only one of the adventures in the later career of the much-wounded Nesbit Willoughby, one of the most unusual British naval officers of the Napoleonic era. Part 2 of 2. Click: https://t.co/xzZ4liju6F

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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 display: https://t.co/PsXchiKN15

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Napoleonic paintings by Polish
painter Wojciech Kossak🇵🇱

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Theories why the 1903 statue of has its back to include to prevent the face being hit by stray balls & to symbolise looking at other horizons. But why place him in the line of fire from a cannon?

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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.

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The Battle of Ligny: June 16th 1815, 2:00pm, by

"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

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Quick, little sketchbook painting this afternoon - 'Monsieur Vitry'

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The Battle of Quatre Bras: June 16th 1815, 3:30pm, by

"This is the second of three Napoleonic Maps I did for Forbidden Games and my friend/owner Glenn Drover."

https://t.co/xHObOhLLC7

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