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1809 Collection (page 9)

"1809: A Year of Literary, Scientific, and Historical Milestones" Step back in time to the year 1809, where a tapestry of remarkable events unfolded

Background image1809 Collection: Canrobert Military 19C

Canrobert Military 19C
FRANCOIS-CERTAIN CANROBERT French military commander Date: 1809 - 1895

Background image1809 Collection: Jean Lannes

Jean Lannes
JEAN LANNES French military commander, duc de Montebello, marechal de France Date: 1769 - 1809

Background image1809 Collection: Lasalle (Gros)

Lasalle (Gros)
ANTOINE CHARLES LOUIS COLLINET, comte de LASALLE French military commander Date: 1775 - 1809

Background image1809 Collection: Wellington at Douro 1809

Wellington at Douro 1809
PENINSULA CAMPAIGN In Portugal, Wellington crosses the Douro river, and in a battle against a French army twice his size, drives the French from Oporto Date: 12 May 1809

Background image1809 Collection: Charles J. Colville, Vanity Fair, Spy

Charles J. Colville, Vanity Fair, Spy
CHARLES JOHN COLVILLE, 1st Viscount Colville of Culross (1818-1903) The Lord Colville of Culross between 1849 and 1885. British nobleman, politician and courtier

Background image1809 Collection: Mellor / Sir John / Vfair 73

Mellor / Sir John / Vfair 73
SIR JOHN MELLOR Judge Date: 1809 - 1887

Background image1809 Collection: Count Ignaz Potocki

Count Ignaz Potocki
Count IGNAZ POTOCKI. Grossmarschal of Lithuania, supporter of Kosciusko Date: 1750 - 1809

Background image1809 Collection: Hannah Cowley / Big Hat

Hannah Cowley / Big Hat
HANNAH COWLEY Dramatist and connoisseur of hats Date: 1743 - 1809

Background image1809 Collection: Ow Holmes / Cambridge Mass

Ow Holmes / Cambridge Mass
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES American writers home at Cambridge, Massachusetts Date: 1809 - 1894

Background image1809 Collection: Ow Holmes / Wilcox / Boston

Ow Holmes / Wilcox / Boston
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES American writer in middle age Date: 1809 - 1894

Background image1809 Collection: Joseph Haydn / Guttenbrunn

Joseph Haydn / Guttenbrunn
JOSEPH HAYDN Austrian musician and composer writing at the keyboard with a quill pen Date: 1732 - 1809

Background image1809 Collection: WE GLADSTONE / 1809-1898

WE GLADSTONE / 1809-1898
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE British Liberal MP and Prime Minister Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Umbrella

We Gladstone / Umbrella
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Liberal MP and Prime Minister struggling with an old umbrella (alias the Liberal Party) Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Thorny Wood

We Gladstone / Thorny Wood
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Liberal MP and Prime Minister making his way through a thorny wood, in an attempt to catch the Irish Vote Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Question Ti

We Gladstone / Question Ti
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Liberal MP and Prime Minister looking completely confident at Question Time in the House (a la Mr Micawber) Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Singing

We Gladstone / Singing
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Liberal MP and Prime Minister sitting under a tree and singing, while politics go on without him Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Gummidge

We Gladstone / Gummidge
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Liberal MP and Prime Minister depicted as Mrs Gummidge, " thinking of the old un", alias the departed Disraeli Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Micawber

We Gladstone / Micawber
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Liberal MP and Prime Minister depicted as Mr Micawber: the Liberal Majority as Mrs Micawber will never desert him Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Tartan

We Gladstone / Tartan
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Liberal MP and Prime Minister depicted as a Highland Chief in his own seat of Midlothian, August 1884 Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Sitting

We Gladstone / Sitting
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE British Liberal MP and Prime Minister Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Sword Dance

We Gladstone / Sword Dance
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Liberal MP and Prime Minister depicted as a Scottish sword dancer, on the strength of his Scottish parentage Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Many Heads

We Gladstone / Many Heads
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Various caricatures of the Liberal MP and Prime Minister from 1859 to 1888, by various Punch artists Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Thaddeus

We Gladstone / Thaddeus
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE British Liberal MP and Prime Minister in 1888 Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Spotty Tie

We Gladstone / Spotty Tie
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE British Liberal MP and Prime Minister Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / C of Exch

We Gladstone / C of Exch
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE British Liberal MP as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1865 Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / 1886 Pm

We Gladstone / 1886 Pm
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE British Liberal MP and Prime Minister in 1886 Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Richmond

We Gladstone / Richmond
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE British Liberal MP and Prime Minister Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: Gladstone / Hawarden

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

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Colossus

We Gladstone / Colossus
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Gladstone as The Colossus of Words. Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: Gladstone / Hawarden Room

Gladstone / Hawarden Room
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE The room in Hawarden Castle where the British MP and Prime Minister died Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: Thomas Holcroft

Thomas Holcroft
THOMAS HOLCROFT English playwright and writer Date: 1745 - 1809

Background image1809 Collection: Mother and Child 1809

Mother and Child 1809
Fashionable mourning dress. The womans gown is decorated with vandyking at the neckline & edge of the sleeves. The childs dress has a square neckline with lace tucker. Date: 1809

Background image1809 Collection: Tennyson Sambourne

Tennyson Sambourne
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) the Poet Laureate as Alfred the Great: " What we call our Bards our Best, and may his Poetry never be Werse!" Date: 1882

Background image1809 Collection: Teresa Macri / Byron

Teresa Macri / Byron
TERESA MACRI known as The Maid of Athens until she met Byron Date: circa 1809

Background image1809 Collection: Teresa Macri (Stone)

Teresa Macri (Stone)
TERESA MACRI known as The Maid of Athens until she met Byron Date: circa 1809

Background image1809 Collection: Miall / Edward / Vfair 1871

Miall / Edward / Vfair 1871
EDWARD MIALL Nonconformist clergyman, journalist and Liberal MP, campaigner for the disestablishment of the Church of England Date: 1809 - 1881

Background image1809 Collection: Samuel Morley / Vfair 72

Samuel Morley / Vfair 72
SAMUEL MORLEY Statesman and philanthropist Date: 1809 - 1886

Background image1809 Collection: Sir Robert John Kane

Sir Robert John Kane
SIR ROBERT JOHN KANE Irish scientist Date: 1809 - 1890

Background image1809 Collection: Thomas Jefferson / Decl In

Thomas Jefferson / Decl In
THOMAS JEFFERSON Third President of the USA (1801 - 1809) writing the Declaration of Independence Date: 1743 - 1826

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Millais

We Gladstone / Millais
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE British Liberal MP and Prime Minister Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Gf Watts

We Gladstone / Gf Watts
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE British Liberal MP and Prime Minister Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: Friedrich Von Beust

Friedrich Von Beust
FRIEDRICH FERDINAND VON BEUST German politician Date: 1809 - 1886

Background image1809 Collection: George Higginson Allsopp

George Higginson Allsopp (1846 1907), English brewer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1906. Date: 1889

Background image1809 Collection: Fourcroy / Forestier Eng

Fourcroy / Forestier Eng
ANTOINE FRANCOIS DE FOURCROY French chemist Date: 1755 - 1809

Background image1809 Collection: FORBES (1809 - 1868)

FORBES (1809 - 1868)
JAMES DAVID FORBES - Scottish scientist Date: 1809 - 1868

Background image1809 Collection: We Gladstone / Stodart

We Gladstone / Stodart
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE English politician MP sitting at his desk Date: 1809 - 1898

Background image1809 Collection: Ailesbury / Maria Tollemac

Ailesbury / Maria Tollemac
MARIA (TOLLEMACHE), MARCHIONESS OF AILESBURY Artist; 2nd wife of the 1st Marquess of Ailesbury Date: 1809 - 1895

Background image1809 Collection: Daniel Lambert

Daniel Lambert
DANIEL LAMBERT fat Englishman Date: 1770 - 1809



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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.