Images Dated 2011 September

Beechey - Lt. General Sir Thomas Picton N070463

APSLEY HOUSE, London. "Lt. General Sir Thomas Picton" c.1815 (1758-1815) by Sir William BEECHEY (1753-1839). WM 1485-1948

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Georgian, Military, Painting

Frost fair on the Thames N110256

RIVER THAMES, London. "A true description of the blanket fair upon the River Thames in the time of the Great Frost in the year of our Lord 1683." Process coloured engraving from contemporary woodcut, with key. From the Mayson Beeton Collection

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Engraving

Dawe - General da Alava N070455

APSLEY HOUSE, London. "General Miguel Ricardo da Alava" (1771-1843) 1818 by George DAWE (1781-1829). WM 1477-1948. 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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