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."

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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."

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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 “Industry on the Post-Napoleonic Continent” (available now)
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21 July 1798 Battle of the Pyramids where Napoleonic forces defeat the Ottomans and Mamluks near Cairo in what was a decisive victory with minimal losses for Napoleon. (Painting by François-Watteau)

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Napoleonic french grenadier of the 85th regiment of the line.

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I guess Napoleonic era goblins are my thing now.

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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

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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!

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A bit of a play around today. 💂‍♂️

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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.

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Influence of the Napoleonic Wars and Violence on English Society in the Regency Period https://t.co/Cor7twRflU via

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A little something I did for somebody today: 'Eylau Charge!'

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Attributed to prominent British maritime painter of the Napoleonic Wars 'Study of a Frigate in Three Positions' is to be offered in our 14 Nov Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings & Works of Art from 1600 auction in Learn more: https://t.co/ioP5d2GrjE

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Goya’s 3rd May 1808: commemorating the Spanish uprising against Napoleonic occupation. What I did not realize until I was standing in front of it in the Prado is how massive it is! 268 cm × 347 cm Truly monumental also in the boldness of its brushstrokes.

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1805 was successful in defeating the Franco-Spanish Fleet at the Battle of which confirmed British superiority of the seas but was not decisive in the Napoleonic wars. Admiral Nelson was fatally wounded at 1330 and died by 1630.

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