1809 Collection

Thomas Paine (Romney)
THOMAS PAINE Radical political writer and freethinker

Oxnead Hall, Norfolk
A fine print of a splendid example of a stately home - Oxnead Hall, Norfolk, with its terrace and walled garden, and woods behind

Edgar Allan Poe (Cole)
EDGAR ALLAN POE American writer

Death of Sir John Moore, 17 Jan 1809. Aquatint by T Sutherland, after W Heath, published by J Jenkins, 2 Jan 1815. At the Battle of Corunna, Peninsular War (1808-1814)

Charles Darwin
CHARLES DARWIN satire : Man is but a worm

Tennyson / Ape / Vanity Fair
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON English poet Cartoon

Ruins of Brambletye House, near East Grinstead, Sussex
Ruins of Brambletye House, near Forest Row and East Grinstead, Sussex, dating back to the early 17th century. Date: 1809

Recruiting poster for the 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons
Recruiting poster for the 7th (or The Queen?s Own) Regiment of (Light Dragoons), 1809.The 7th (or The Queen?s Own) Regiment of (Light Dragoons) had served in Sir John Moore

Darwin / Elliott & Fry
CHARLES DARWIN Naturalist

Charles Darwin with a lookalike ape
Charles Darwin holding up a hand mirror to an ape, showing how alike the pair of them are

Gladstone in Library
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE in his library : he was a classical scholar of considerable ability. Date: 1809 - 1898

BRAILLE, Louis (1809-1852). French pedagogue and inventor, creator of the writing system for the blind. Braille alphabet. Photography

BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE. Scotland, built in 1808-1810. Wood engraving, 19th century

Bulgarian Peasants Dance
Bulgarian peasants perform a traditional dance before village elders and interested tourists

Daniel Lambert (2)
DANIEL LAMBERT fat Englishman

Somerset House 1809
Rebuilt in the late 18th century, this set of buildings has at times housed the Royal Academy, the Royal Society, and several government depart- ments such as Public Records

Charles Darwin / Photo
FRENCH EXPEDITION Juarezs guerrillas led by Pedro Mendez set light to a warehouse at Tantoyuquita

Gladstone / Vanity Fair 69
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE British statesman

We Gladstone / Pound / Mayal
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE English politician MP sitting in a chair

Haydn (Klingsbogl)
JOSEPH HAYDN Austrian musician Date: 1732 - 1809

BRAILLE, Louis (1809-1852). French pedagogue and inventor, creator of the writing system for the blind. Braille alphabet. Photography

POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). American writer. Historias Extraordinarias (Extraordinary Tales). Spanish edition

Louis Braille / Thiriat
LOUIS BRAILLE French inventor of system of raised-point writing for the blind

Daniel Lambert (3)
DANIEL LAMBERT fat Englishman

Darwins Study, Down
CHARLES DARWINs HOME The study in which he wrote On The Origin Of Species

Charles Darwin / Column
CHARLES DARWIN Naturalist

Ww Gull / Cabinet Portrait
CHARLES DARWIN English naturalist

General Post Office
THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, Lombard Street, London

Map / England & Wales 1809
ENGLAND AND WALES Hand coloured engraving

Joseph Haydn / In Street
JOSEPH HAYDN Austrian musician and composer out walking: he carries a score under his arm, and has just bought some flowers

South Park, near Penshurst, Kent, built by Richard Allnutt Esq. Date: 1809

Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge, Kent, dating back to the 11th century. 1809

Battle of Talavera, 1809 - Bataille de Talaveyra de la Reyna donn饠 le 18 juillet 1809 entre les armees anglo-espagnoles et Francaises

Darwin / Greenhouse / 1882
CHARLES DARWIN Greenhouse at his home in Downe, Kent, where the naturalist conducted his research

Hunters in a Stable with a Groom, 1809 (oil on canvas)
990550 Hunters in a Stable with a Groom, 1809 (oil on canvas) by Weaver, Thomas (1774-1843); 68.6x89.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Hunters in a Stable with a Groom. Thomas Weaver (1774-1843)

Haydn Performs, Hungary
Hayden and companions perform a string quartet at the Esterhazy home, Hungary Date: 1732 - 1809

Joseph Haydn / Creation
JOSEPH HAYDN Austrian musician and composer communing with nature, with a quotation from his oratorio, The Creation, below

Recruiting Sergeant - 68th Regiment of Foot - The Durham Light Infantry

TRUE BRITON
East Indiaman, sank in 1809

Nathaniel Bentley
NATHANIEL BENTLEY : hardware merchant of Leadenhall Street, London; after his fiancee died on their wedding eve, he neglected his appearance, earning the name Dirty Dick

Nikolai Gogol
NIKOLAI VASILIEVICH GOGOL Russian writer, regarded as the father of realism in Russian literature : noted for Dead souls and The inspector general

Darwin (Collier)
CHARLES DARWIN towards the end of his life

Black Gang Chine I. O. W
A majestic site - note the size of the boats

Darwin / Basket Chair
CHARLES DARWIN English naturalist sitting in a chair

Comte De Lasalle
ANTOINE CHARLES LOUIS COLLINET comte de LASALLE French military

Charles Darwin studying a worm
A satire on Charles Darwin -- after charting the Descent of Man he goes even lower and studies worms

Gladstone / Hawarden Study
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE The study at Hawarden Castle, home of the British MP and Prime Minister Date: 1809 - 1898

Gladstone out of a Job
Defeated in the July 1886 election because of his backing for Irish Home Rule, Gladstone and his supporters find themselves among the unemployed, eating Irish stew

Alfred Tennyson / Mote
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON English poet

WEST: TELEMACHUS. Telemachus and Calypso. Oil on canvas, c1809, by Benjamin West

Bishop O blarney
Bishop O Blarneys Flight to Ireland with Mrs Clarke

Social / Charing X Pillory
Two offenders stand in the pillory at Charing Cross, London, where a crowd - even some carriage folk - gather to see them exposed to public humiliation

Gladstone (V. Fair) 1879
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE British statesman

Darwin / Downe / Study
Charles Darwins home at Downe, in Kent - the study

Joseph Haydn / Rotary Pc
JOSEPH HAYDN Austrian musician and composer

Darwin / Sister / Children
CHARLES DARWIN Naturalist, depicted as a young boy with his sister Catherine

Hannah Cowley / Belle Asse
HANNAH COWLEY Comic dramatist

Matthew Boulton / Sharp
Matthew Boulton Engineer

Shopping for Fabric 1809
A throng of mostly feminine customers scrutinize the stock at Messrs. Harding, Howell & Co. at 89 Pall Mall. Fabrics cascade from displays in the drapery department

Haussmann / Pantheon
GEORGES-EUGENE HAUSSMANN Baron; French administrator and town planner

Quaker Meeting / R & Pugin
A Quakers Meeting in a London meeting-house : the men and women are seated separately, the women wearing their bonnets, the men their hats

Temple of the Sybil, Tivoli (1809). Allport, Henry C. fl.1808-1823. Date: 1809

Clock Tower, St Maria of the Castle Church, Tavira, Eastern Algarve, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Species of walrus, manatee and seals
Arctic walrus or morse, Odobenus rosmarus 1, endangered West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus var

Species of porcupines and rodents
Crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata 1, Brazilian porcupine, Coendou prehensilis 2, North American porcupine, white var

Species of anteater, sloth, and platypus
Pale-throated sloth, Bradypus tridactylus 1, Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus 2, silky anteater, Cyclopes didactylus 3, collared anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla 4, giant anteater

Species of pangolin and armadillo
Critically endangered Chinese pangolin, Manis pentadactyla 1, vulnerable black-bellied pangolin, Manis tetradactyla 2, gualacate, Euphractus sexcinctus 3, nine-banded armadillo

Hercules, rhinoceros, dung, and scarab beetles
Hercules beetle, Dynastes hercules (Scarabeus hercules), rhinoceros beetle, Enema pan (S. chorinaeus), eastern hercules beetle, Dynastes tityus (S)

American pipe snake and slow worm
American pipe snake or false coral snake, Anilius scytale 1, 2, and slow worm, Anguis fragilis. Amphibia, Anguis, Coral, black banded, Jamaica, Anguis jamaiciensis, Anguis ater, Anguis coraline

Species of mullet, smelt, flyingfish, etc
Mediterranean sand smelt, Atherina hepsetus 1, flathead grey mullet, Mugil cephalus 2, 3, tropical two-wing flyingfish, Exocoetus volitans 4, flyingfish, Cheilopogon exsiliens 5

Species of bass, hind, perch, etc
Cichlid, Crenicichla brasiliensis 1, striped bass, Morone saxatilis 2, spotted seabass, Dicentrarchus punctatus 3, red hind, Epinephelus guttatus 4, European perch, Perca fluviatilis 5

Species of hogfish, eartheater, wrasse, snapper, etc
Spanish hogfish, Bodianus rufus 1, red-striped eartheater, Geophagus surinamensis 2, red-breasted wrasse, Cheilinus fasciatus 3, yellowtail snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus 4, annular sea bream

Species of wolf, hyaena, and fox
Wolf eating carrion, Canis lupus 1, striped hyaena, Hyaena hyaena 2, black-backed jackal, Canis mesomelas 3, red fox, Vulpes vulpes 4, and arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus 5. Copperplate engraving by J

French window curtain and Grecian settee. Amber curtains with Parisian fringe lined with sky blue hanging from gilt rosettes

Regency woman in evening dress on a balcony, 1809. White satin round robe with demi-traine and military front with gold frogging. White satin pelerine with swansdown trim

Regency woman in morning walking dress, 1809. Petticoat and Roman tunic of fine cambric, jubilee cloak of amber velvet, trimmed with swansdown, tied with silk and gold cord and tassels

Regency woman and child in mourning dress, 1809
Regency woman and child in mourning dress. Dress of black gossamer net over white satin slip, round frock front edged with Vandyke lace. Hair in the Eastern style with Spartan diadem

Regency women in promenade dresses. Cambric petticoat, Egyptian vest, French lace tucker, provincial bonnet, blue Austrian scarf, matching shoes and parasol

Regency woman in promenade dress of French cambric
Regency woman in promenade dress of fine French cambric trimmed with Vandyke lace. Tyrolese cloak of lilac sarsnet edged with Venetian binding

Regency womanin walking dress fixing her scarf
Walking dress: spotted muslin under-dress with a light coat bordered with cerulean blue. Blue silk headdress and scarf, bound with silver cords and tassels. York tan gloves. Plate 29, June 1809

Regency woman in walking dress and Bishop's mantle
Regency woman in walking dress in white Scotia washing silk. Bishop's mantle of sage-green striped and plain silks, made entirely without seams by Mrs James, New Bridge Street, Blackfriars

Regency woman in walking dress of lilac silk

Evening dress in white satin trimmed with blue velvet, 1809
Evening full dress in white satin trimmed with blue velvet, lace medicis round the back and shoulders, antique stomacher ornamented with diamonds mounted in gold

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"1809: A Year of Literary, Scientific, and Historical Milestones" Step back in time to the year 1809, where a tapestry of remarkable events unfolded. In the idyllic Oxnead Hall, Norfolk, Lord Tennyson was born - a poet whose words would resonate through generations. Meanwhile, across the English Channel in France, an iconic caricature artist known as Ape emerged onto the scene and later found fame illustrating for Vanity Fair. In another corner of England's rich history, Charles Darwin took his first breaths. Little did anyone know that this young boy would grow up to revolutionize our understanding of life on Earth with his theory of evolution. As if fate had intertwined their destinies, Edgar Allan Poe and Cole were also born this same year – two literary titans who would leave an indelible mark on Gothic literature. Amidst these creative forces came echoes of war as a recruiting poster for the 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons beckoned brave souls to join their ranks. The ruins of Brambletye House near East Grinstead stood as silent witnesses to turbulent times gone by. But amidst chaos and conflict arose moments that shaped society forever; Charles Darwin posed alongside a lookalike ape – an image emblematic of mankind's connection to nature. And within the walls of libraries like Gladstone's own sanctuary resided knowledge that fueled progress. Louis Braille paved new paths for those with visual impairments by inventing his eponymous tactile writing system – empowering countless individuals worldwide even after his untimely death at just 43 years old. Across vast oceans in Scotland stood tall Bell Rock Lighthouse - a testament to human ingenuity built between 1808-1810 - guiding sailors safely through treacherous waters. As we gaze upon photographs capturing Charles Darwin or peruse pages from Vanity Fair featuring Gladstone himself, let us remember that the year 1809 was not merely a footnote in history.