Letters, manuscripts and printed documents relating to the life and career of Andrew Ross. Three letters to him dating from 1808 are connected to his appointment as governor of Essequebo and Demerara. An 1808 letter from the Governor of Puerto Rico, T...
Description:
Andrew Ross (1773-1812), Army officer who suppressed the 1802 mutiny of several regiments at Gibraltar; probably appointed Governor of Essequibo and Demerara in 1807 or 1808. He retired to Madeira for his health in 1809, but returned to service in the...
Subject (Geographic):
Caribbean Area., Spain., Caribbean Area, Cartagena (Spain), Demerara, Essequibo, Guyana, Great Britain, America., Spain, and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Copons y Navia, Francisco de, 1770-1842., Inciarte, José Felipe., Montes, Toribio de., and Ross, Andrew, 1773-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Campaigns, Peninsular War, 1807-1814, History, Colonies, Administration, and Foreign relations
"Napoleon, John Bull (a 'cit'), a British general wearing a star, and the Duke of Portland sit in conference, each holding a large double paper covered with type or script. Napoleon sits on the left, pointing to the text of his paper and saying to his...
Alternative Title:
Sounding the opinions of John Bull
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, John Bull (Symbolic character), Generals, British, Sitting, and Meetings
Sketchbook containing 37 watercolors done by Ellis Cornelia Knight while on board Lord Nelson's flagship the Foudroyant with Sir William and Lady Emma Hamilton in 1800. Twenty-six sketches are views taken from the ship off the coast of Sicily, under s...
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Ellis Cornelia Knight (1757-1837), writer, governess and protégé of Lady Emma Hamilton, whom she broke with after Lady Hamilton's affair with Lord Nelson became public knowledge in England. Knight's works include Dinarbas: A Tale (1790) and Sir Guy ...
"John Bull, a fat 'cit', is seated beside a writing-table (right) holding up a large book. On the left hand page is inscribed 'Vote of Thanks respecting the Expedition to Copenhagen'; John's pen rests on the last word, but he turns in horror to gaze a...
Alternative Title:
Spectres visiting John Bull
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 23, 1808, by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Denmark.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Foreign relations, John Bull (Symbolic character), Ghosts, and Writing materials
Inhabitant of Great Coggeshall = Thomas Harris. Cf. "This is Essex" (<http://www.thisisessex.co.uk/essex/locali̲nterest/history/coggeshall.html>).
Publisher:
Printed and sold by I. Marsden, Sold also by all the Booksellers in the United Kingdom, and Marsden, printer, Colchester
Subject (Geographic):
Coggeshall (England), Essex (England), Essex (Angleterre), England, Coggeshall., and Essex.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Guerres napoléoniennes, 1800-1815, Invasion projetée de l'Angleterre, 1793-1805, Soldiers, and British
A satire on Napoleon's Russian campaign. A large hound with the head of Napoleon in his bicorne hat with a feather colored red, white and blue, flees in terror towards the right, pursued by a pack of charging bears (Russia). The handle of a kettle wit...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pudb. Marh. 7th 1813 by Thos. Tegg. 111 Cheapside, London
Subject (Geographic):
Russia.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Campaigns of 1813-1814, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, and Campaigns
