Portrait of Emperor Napoléon I Bonaparte oblivious Destruction of Sir C Price's

Destruction of Sir C Price's oil warehouse and wharf

spawns & spewers of scurrility abuse & defamation set to work'

Wooden lighter and topsail barges on the Thames at Greenwich

'Bow Street

Portrait of Emperor Napoléon I Bonaparte oblivious Destruction of Sir C Price's'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