Nineteenth Gallery

On the evening of the Battle of Waterloo

On the evening of the Battle of Waterloo - from painting by Ernest Crofts. Battle between French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon and armies of the Seventh Coalition, an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, supported by Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blcher. 18 June 1815. During Waterloo Campaign of findal Hundred Days (Neopolitan War) of Napoleonic Wars, between Napoleon s return from exile and defeat at Waterloo. Present- day Belgium

© Lebrecht

Mrs Beeton s cookery book - sweets and gateaux

Mrs Beeton s cookery book - sweets and gateaux: Eclairs, Assorted pastry, Rice and apple gateau, Gateau St Honore, Simnel cake, Pancakes, Pyramid cream, Croquettes of rice. New edition of the cookerybook, first published 1861. Isabella Mary Beeton, English author, 12 March 1836 - 6 February 1865"

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Tab XVII

A Chromolithograph plate of pepper varieties taken from the Album Benary. The Album contains 28 colour plates in total of vegetable varieties by Ernst Benary which are named in the accompanying page in German, English, French and Russian. Date: 1876

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