Eleonore Prochaska(1785-1813),"die Potsdamer Jeanne d'Arc" (1/1)

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1812 Преображенский лейб-гвардии полк (1/1)

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John Trotter (d.1833) made a fortune supplying the army in the from his Soho Square warehouse & later turned it into a bazaar renting stalls to women selling crafts & plants. Here's his Derby dessert service, c1825, his name in gold is on each piece

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53.スールト元帥
54.鬼人正邪
55.カースルレー子爵
56.タリアン

※タリアン・・・テルミドール反動で活躍し、ナポレオンのエジプト遠征に参加し、連合国によるパリ陥落の際も登場する(ベルナドットに会っている)のにまったく恵まれない男。

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49.バグラチオン
50.ナポレオン1世
51.正邪
52.ウェリントン

※本人より作戦名の方が有名になってしまったバグラチオンさん。

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Beer, beef and pudding "à la santé"
Published by W. Holland N° 11 Cockspur Street London (1803).

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Another modern piece from 2018, 'The Black Brunswickers'

Brunswick hussars and lancers on English service c.1815. The Brunwickers are a fascinating unit... (will post below 👇)

[All credit to the artist]

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Lucien Rousselot
Garde Impériale. Chasseurs a chéval 1804-1815

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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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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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These big guns from the that bought for Roberts Park were melted down in Replacements arrive 21 April at noon for shindigs.

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