Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815

Date: 24 Feb 1810, 1 Dec 1812

From: O'Shea, Phillip Patrick, 1947- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5059-14

Description: Written by Orlando Newton, a sergeant in the 39th Regiment, from the Amphetrite (?) transport ship, and from `Talavarra' (Talavera), Spain to his wife Ann. Custodial history sourced from information held in MS-Papers-12773. For transcripts of these letters see MS-Papers-12773 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 letters). Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Letters brought to New Zealand by Annie Louisa Grant (nee Hemming) in 1911, grandmother of Joan McHarg. McHarg lent them to a Colonel Wallace. On his death his collection was sold. It is unknown how the letters came into the possession of Phillip Patrick O'Shea.

Date: 1814

From: Various artists :[Assorted almanacs and newspaper offprints, mainly British. 1790s-1854].

By: Newcastle advertiser (Newspaper)

Reference: D-013-023

Description: An arrangement of text describing celebrations to mark the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 565 x 458 mm.

Date: 1814

From: Various artists :[Assorted almanacs and newspaper offprints, mainly British. 1790s-1854].

By: Newcastle advertiser (Newspaper)

Reference: D-013-022

Description: An arrangement of text describing celebrations to mark the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 565 x 458 mm.

Date: [2022]

By: McHarg, Joan, [1936?]-

Reference: MS-Papers-12773

Description: Photocopies made by Joan McHarg of typed transcripts made in 1974 by Ella Marion Horne (nee Grant) of handwritten letters from Orlando Newton to his wife Ann Newton. The letter of 24 February 1810 is written on board the brig transport Amphitrite while off Portsmouth.The letter of 1 December 1812 was written from Talavera, Spain. Orlando Newton describes being stabbed while in Gibralta and nine months recovery before sailing again to Malta then Sicily. Descriptive information supplied by donor. Title supplied by Library. Original letters by Orlando Newton are held at Library reference number MS-Papers-5059-14. The original letters were brought by the donor Joan McHarg's grandmother, Annie Louisa Grant (nee Hemming) to New Zealand in 1911. The letters are from 39th Regiment Sergeant Orlando Newton to his wife Ann, who was a member of the Hemming family. Quantity: 1 folder(s) Three pages. Physical Description: Photocopies of handwritten letters and transcriptions. Provenance: The trranscripts were made by the donor's mother. The original letters were once in the possession of the donor, Joan McHarg.

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Hodgkins family including William Mathew Hodgkins :[Sketchbook and scrapbook, 1880s]

By: Hodgkins family

Reference: E-038-q-2-022

Description: A soldier carrying a tattered French flag, leading past a cannon, with outthrust sword, followed by two further soldiers Possibly a copy of a work by a French artist. The watercolour bears some resemblance to Eugene Delacroix's 'Liberty leading the people' and to the work of Jean-Louis David There are related drawings in Hodgkins' album E-511-016 and -018 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 65 x 113 mm. Loose in sketchbook

Date: 1812

From: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 :Caricatures and cartoons, 1811-1816

By: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878

Reference: B-021-017

Description: Cartoon depicting the invasion of the Russian Empire in 1812 by Napoleon I and his French army. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, hand-coloured, 224 x 550 mm

Date: 1840 - 1813

From: Burt, John fl 1815-1851 :Literary fragments / by John Burt, written about the years 1845-51 in Westbury, near Launceston, Tasmania.

Reference: E-249-q-005

Description: Napoleon Bonaparte, brooding, seated back-to-front on a chair, three soldiers behind him The Battle of Bautzen, Saxony, Germany, took place in 1813 and was a victory for the French forces against the combined Prussian and Russian armies Other Titles - On the eve of the battle of Bautzen [translation] Inscriptions: Recto - top left - in ink: Adelphi, V. D. L. [i.e. Van Diemen's Land, Tasmania] 1840. Title in ink in Portuguese below engraving. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 69 x 50 mm glued to card, glued into album

Date: 1913 - 1815

By: Butler, Elizabeth Southerden Thompson (Lady), 1846-1933; Holly Leaves, the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

Reference: D-012-002

Description: A group of British soldiers fighting against the French at Quatre Bras, Belgium, prior to the Battle of Waterloo Extended Title - Supplement to: `Holly Leaves', the Christmas number of the `Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News', December 1913) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 510 x 808 mm

Date: 1811

From: Grace, John Te Herekiekie (Sir), 1905-1985 : Grace family papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6225-1

Description: Holograph transcripts of account of the life of Myers from the `Royal military chronicle' (v2, Oct 1811); and letter to Lady Myers on Sir William's death, from the Duke of Wellington Other Titles - Royal military chronicle, v2, Oct 1811 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1815

From: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 :Caricatures and cartoons, 1811-1816

By: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878

Reference: B-021-005

Description: Three vignettes, headed Before the War, During the War, Peace with all the world. They show John Bull, his wife, child, servant and dog, looking overweight and well-fed, tucking into an enormous meal, before the war; still eating fairly well but looking thinner and lacking a servant during the war; starving and living on bare boards after the war in peacetime. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, hand-coloured, 220 x 515 mm

Date: 1811-1814, [1920]

From: Wilson family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5512-18

Description: Comprises extracts from diary kept by Lieut J A Wilson while serving on the Peninsula campagin (1811-1814); and notes by Herbert W Williams on a thesis, with letter from Williams to Alice re same J A Wilson's journal was copied by C J Wilson; the originals, in 1868, were in the possession of Mrs C M Wilson Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1876 - 1982

By: Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870; Art Union of London; Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: F-010

Description: History painting At foot of plate: Published... 1874 `From the original wall-painting in the Palace of Westminster.' Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w, 450 x 1209mm on sheet 548 x 1352 mm

Date: 1805

By: Ramsay, Peter, 1772-

Reference: MS-Papers-2893

Description: Certificate of compensation for wounds received while on the ship Spartiate in the war between France and England; Certificate signed by other crew members Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, printed matter

Date: 2008

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0007600

Description: Shows Winston Peters, leader of New Zealand First, as Napoleon standing at Waterloo Station. Nearby is a street sign pointing to 'Wellington'. Refers to the investigation into donations given to New Zealand First which should have been declared. Refers also to the Battle of Waterloo, the last battle in the Napoleonic Wars in which Napoleon was beaten by the Duke of Wellington, thus effectively leading to Napoleon's abdication. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).