Painting Gallery

Pieneman - General Miguel Ricardo de Alava y Esquivel N070688

APSLEY HOUSE, London. "General Miguel Ricardo de Alava y Esquivel" sketched by Jan Willem PIENEMAN (1779-1843) in 1821. WM 1527-1948. A veteran of the Spanish contingent at Trafalgar, Alava joined the uprising against the French in 1808. In 1810 he was sent as Spanish liaison with the British in Portugal, where he became friendly with the Duke of Wellington. In 1815, as Spanish ambassador to the Hague, he was able to take up an appointment on Wellington's field staff as the Spanish Commissionary for the allies at the Battle of Waterloo

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Ballooning CVS01_01_038

Tales of balloon flight. Hand-coloured engraving showing French balloonist Jules Durouf's gas balloon Le Neptune exploding during a tethered flight in 1860. Durouf survived the accident. From the Cecil Victor Shadbolt collection of lantern slides dating from 1882-1892

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Aerostat, Painting, Victorian

Gysels - Landscape with Figures Crossing a Brook N070537

APSLEY HOUSE, London. "Landscape with Figures Crossing a Brook" by Peeter GYSELS (1621-91). Spanish Royal Collection. Captured by Wellington at Vitoria, 1813. WM 1572-1948

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Flemish, Painting