Portrait of Emperor Napoléon I Bonaparte George Moutard Woodward the first large-scale prefabricated ferrovitreous

the first large-scale prefabricated ferrovitreous (iron and glass) structure

Scene at Almack's Assembly Rooms

On the busy River Thames steam vessels pass up and down

Piccadilly (top) was designed by Sir Christopher Wren

Portrait of Emperor Napoléon I Bonaparte George Moutard Woodward the first large-scale prefabricated ferrovitreous'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