Portrait of Emperor Napoléon I Bonaparte George Moutard Woodward On the busy River Thames

On the busy River Thames steam vessels pass up and down

A night view of Vauxhall Gardens

This is probably a protest against the Act restricting the issue of small notes by the Bank of England in 1826

Piccadilly (top) was designed by Sir Christopher Wren

The Duchess of Devonshire is canvassing a cobbler

Portrait of Emperor Napoléon I Bonaparte George Moutard Woodward On the busy River Thames'Portrait of Emperor Napolon I Bonaparte', c1804. Napoleon (1769 1821) enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks of the French Revolutionary army. In 1799 he led a coup to overthrow the government, the Directory, and became first consul and effective dictator of France. In 1804, he declared himself Emperor, and embarked on a series of military campaigns across Europe, the Napoleonic Wars. Victories such as Austerlitz and Jena led to France