Portrait of Emperor Napoléon I Bonaparte George Moutard Woodward Scene at Almack's Assembly Rooms

Scene at Almack's Assembly Rooms

The Duchess of Devonshire is canvassing a cobbler

Old Taffaty or Velvet'

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

is leading forward the next lady to be presented

Portrait of Emperor Napoléon I Bonaparte George Moutard Woodward Scene at Almack's Assembly Rooms'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