The Captain Maitland Collection: The Surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte July 15th 1815

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THE BELLEROPHON TABLE MADE OF PART OF GANGWAY OF H.M.S BELLEROPHON ON WHICH BONAPARTE STEPPED WHEN HE SURRENDERED OFF ROCHEFORT 1815 Constructed from the planking of the gangway of the Bellerophon on which Napoleon stood as he announced his surrender, with a three-quarter gallery deeply carved with anthemion and scrolls, around a pine top mitred within an ashwood (?) frame, centred by an inset Napoleon Bonaparte Silver 5 Franc coin (circa 1803-1815) and fronted by a silver rectangular plaque

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A GEORGE III SILVER MOUNTED LARGE BOVINE HORN GUN DECK CANON PRIMER POWDER FLASK

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THE SKULL OF THE BELLEROPHON SHIP'S GOAT WHICH SUPPLIED MILK FOR NAPOLEON AND HIS SUITE

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A COLLECTION OF THREE PRINTS FROM THE MAITLAND FAMILY COLLECTION to include: After Sir Charles Eastlake “NAPOLEON ON BOARD BELLEROPHON: A PAINTING EXECUTED BY SIR CHARLES EASTLAKE FROM SKETCHES DONE IN 1815 WHEN BELLEROPHON VISITED PLYMOUTH”, photographic print, 15.5cm by 10cm (Eastlake was rowed out to Bellerophon to make sketches, from which he later painted the original portrait) together with G P Palmer after G M Brighty THE SURRENDER OF BUONAPARTE ON BOARD THE BELLEROPHON, engra

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THREE EARLY 20TH CENTURY NAPOLEONIC WAR RELATED PUBLICATIONS To include: The Surrender of Napoleon by Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Maitland K.C.B., published in 1904, and detailing the surrender of Buonaparte and his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon. Inscribed in pencil to the first page is the name ‘Allan Maitland from AFT 1952’, and an older inscription which reads ‘Mary A. Maitland Feb 1905’. also Bellerophon: The Bravest of the Brave by Edward Fraser, published in 1909 Ink in

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A CAPTAIN MAITLAND'S HOLY BIBLE Pocket Edition, Coldstream printed by Robert Kerr 1845, in foliate tooled original leather binding, now within a blue silk protective cover. Signed ‘Capt Maitland’ to the first page. Approximately 15cm by 9.5cm. Provenance: Maitland family This bible has been kept by the Maitland family together with material relating to Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland; who, as Captain of the Bellerophon, took Napoleon’s surrender in 1815. The date of publication stands ag

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A 19th CENTURY NORTHERN PERSIAN TRIBAL WOOL KHORJIN (SADDLEBAG) each bag face worked with three rows of three peacocks/dragons within arrow head borders, mainly in rust and deep brown colours, 118cm by 52cm Provenance: Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland KCB (1777-1839) and thence by descent In peace and in war, naval officers spent a surprising amount of time ashore. For much of Captain Maitland’s career the main French fleets were largely confined to harbour. This was the achievem

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CAPTAIN MAITLAND'S SOFA (COUCH) ON WHICH NAPOLEON LAY oak framed, three-quarter horsehair upholstered padded back, later cover with fleur-de-lis trellis pattern, the plain front rail centrally applied with a silver rectangular plaque engraved “SOFA ON WHICH BONAPARTE SLEPT ON BOARD H.M.S BELLEROPHON 1815” (indistinct makers mark W&W and STG.SI) on four pairs of square section legs linked by conforming stretchers 184 cm wide 74cm deep 96.5cm high Provenance: Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis

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An 1801 dated autographed address leaf, signed ‘Nelson & Bronte’, and addressed to Alexander Davison Esq at his Morpeth, Northumberland property, Swarland House. Dated September 27th 1801 from Deal. Featuring a fine impression of Nelson’s black wax armorial seal, and a red postal mark. The address wrapper belongs to the letter in which Nelson wrote to Alexander Davison on September 27th 1801, in which he announced of his ‘dear Parker’. Nelson goes on to write, ‘My dear Parker left this world for

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A rare late 18th century silver Davison’s Nile Medal, awarded to Lt William Stewart esq (c.1775-1814) and other associated rare original period documents and portraits to include: The Davison Nile Medal, minted in silver, the grade used for officers below the rank of Captain, the medal is glazed to both sides, and enclosed in a circlet of gold, onto which there is a suspension ring affixed, around the circumference is the usual motto ‘FROM ALEXR, ESQR. ST JAMES’ SQUARE A TRIBUTE OF REGARD.

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An original hand written letter, signed by Napoleon 1 (1769-1821), Emperor of the French. Letter signed ‘Nap’ to General Clarke, Duc de Feltre, Paris, 15 December 1810. The translated letter is as follows: Monsieur le Duc de Feltre, it matters greatly to me that the St Quentin Canal is completed by the month of October. I have given the order to send 1000 men there. Let me know the number of Spaniards that you have sent; I am assured that there are very few of them. The Spanish battalion which

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A collection of original handwritten letters, relating to the death of Lady Emma Hamilton, preserved by Emma’s nephew and trustee, Lt-Col the Honorable Robert Fulke Greville (1751-1824). The 6 letters, all written in 1815, are referenced in the book, ‘The Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents Forwarded by Alfred Morrison - The Hamilton & Nelson Papers’, using the coded references 1059, 1060, 1061, 1063, 1065, and 1066 respectively. 1059 is a draft of Greville’s letter to the P

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A rare and historic full letter, penned by Horatio Nelson using his right hand, less than 2 years before the loss of his arm at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Dated August 16th 1795, and written from Vado Bay, the letter is addressed to Francis Drake (1764-1821), a British Diplomat working in Munich and Genoa in the Napoleonic War era. The letter expresses Nelson’s disappointment that Drake will not see Admirla Hotham until his return from Leghorn. In a remarkable postscript, Nelson as

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A good original handwritten letter from c.1793, from Lady Emma Hamilton to Mrs Walcot. Undated, but likely dating from soon after April 16th 1793. The letter, written in Naples, invites a Mrs Walcot to to dine with Sir William Hamilton, Lady Emma Hamilton, and Emma’s mother. Emma’s marriage to Sir William Hamilton, the British ambassador to the King of Naples, gave her a place at the Neapolitan court, and she developed a friendship with the Queen of Naples, Maria Carolina of Austria. Emma notes

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A pair of framed and glazed unique handwritten letters, pertaining to the funeral expenses of the late Lady Emma Hamilton in Calais on January 15th 1815. Both signed by a Henry Cadogan, who was known to have taken care of the orphaned 14 year old daughter of Nelson and Emma, Horatia. One letter refers to the £28 10 shilling expenses paid ‘by me, Henry Cadogan, the British Consul in Calais, January 1815’. It goes on to reference ‘an oak coffin, casked, church expenses, priests, candles, burial-

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A collection of early 19th century letters relating to Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith (1764 - 1840), the ‘Hero of Acre’. Smith was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, Russo-Swedish War, French Revolutionary War, Napoleonic War, and the Peninsular War. A skilled military leader and strategist, Smith became involved in numerous naval engagements, espionage, and diplomacy, running up substantial debts by way of the latter. The collection comprises of 9 letters, to include: 1. Aletter wri

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An interesting mid 19th century handwritten and autographed letter, signed ‘Wellington’, and addressed to a John Longden, late Major 33rd Regiment. Dated January 16th 1841, the letter is a reply to Major Longden’s request for ‘eight pounds by Monday’. Wellington goes on to somewhat rebuke Longden, stating that he is ‘ashamed that a man like you, risen from the ranks, promoted to be Major in the Queen’s service, should by his own imprudence find himself under the necessity of asking for me to hel

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Two orders signed by Napoleon, as General in Chief of the Army of Italy. Comprising of a single sheet, mounted on a card backing board, written by Napoleon’s private secretary. Both were written at the headquarters of the General-en-chief of the Army of Italy at the Villa Crivelli, Mombello, Italy. Written on July 8th 1797 (20 messidor year 5), the first order, Napoleon dictates his decision regarding the design and cost of the uniforms for the couriers of the Army of Italy. This is signed ‘

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A scarce early 19th century letter, handwritten by Horatio Nelson using his left hand to William Pearce Esq, Chief Clerk of the Admiralty. Dated January 1st 1802, and written from Merton (likely Merton Place, his home in Surrey). The letter reads: Dear Sir, I am much overjoyed by your letter and shall thank you to expedite the order for my pay. My flag was struck from the Alexander at Leghorn on July 13th 1800 but in difft letters for table money etc when I acted as Commander in Chief. I a

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A original handwritten letter from Horatio Nelson to Captain Sutton of HMS Victory. Written in London and dated May 12th 1803, and notable for its black border denoting Nelson’s mourning of his friend, Sir William Hamilton, and husband of his mistress Lady Emma Hamilton. The letter also mentions the first and last ship that Nelson served aboard, with him referring to ‘the damned pilots have run the Raisonable aground’. Nelson also takes great interest in Captain Sutton’s acquisition of alcohol f

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Automaton: A Napoleonic Prisoner of War nine-character 'Spinning Jenny' bone automaton. Made by French POW, circa 1800-1810. The lower tier with two painted figures to the front standing beside corner posts, and two painted female figures to the reverse, with elaborately carved crank mechanism, strung to a top tier with spinning wheel, along with a standing figure in a dancing pose, a painted harlequin waltzing with a lady, and two seated figures. One seated figure is a painted redcoat soldier,

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Militaria Interest: a Victorian silver-gilt military drum shaped presentation desk ink stand, the cover engraved with The Royal Arms above banner DIEU ET MON DROIT and the arms of Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, a panel in the drum opens to reveal recess for ink bottle (missing), the inside cover engraved with two crests above initials W.D.L 11th Hussars (William Drury-Lowe), the body engraved: EGYPT within frame and sphinx above with SALAMANCA PENINSULA WATERLOO BHURTPORE below, the drum wit

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A scarce early 19th century Napoleonic French prisoner of war work domino set. Carved from cow bone, with wonderfully naive engraved designs to each visible face of the box, including a head and shoulder portrait of a lady to the two long sides, and another full length image to the sliding lid. The engraved lines of the design has been infilled with red and green dyes to enhance their appearance. The lid has also been shaped to allow a prominent lip to protrude to one end, facilitating easy o

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An early 19th century French Napoleonic prisoner of war work carved bone domino set. Of simple rectangular form, with a slide off lid, which has a tab to the end for easy removal of the lid. Simply decorated, with target motifs to 4 sides, into which has been infilled a red red to accentuate the pattern. The lid is inset with tiny discs of tortoiseshell, each held in place by a small brass stud. The box houses 54 bone dominos, which have been produced in slightly varying thicknesses and size

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An early 19th century French Napoleonic prisoner of war work carved cow bone domino set. Of rectangular form with canted corners, decorated to all visible sides with recessed circular patterns, and starbursts to each of the narrower ends. The carved detail is infilled with green and red dyes to enhance the patterns. To the top there is a small sliding lid. The box is complete with 26 small dominos, with each domino spot being highlighted with a gilt paint. Approximately 4cm x 3cm x 3.3cm.

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An early 19th century French Napoleonic prisoner of war work carved cow bone domino box. Of small proportions, with with simple line cut decoration to the sides and lid, plus a zig-zag pattern to the lip. The sliding lid features a fan shaped tab to facilitate easy removal of the lid. Each of the engraved lines is infilled with red or blue/green dye, thus enhancing the design. The construction style of the box is more unusual than others seen, with the panels seemingly mimicking traditional

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A pair of of early 19th century carved bone teetotum spinning tops, probably Napoleonic French prisoner of war work. Of traditional form, with a 12 sided disc shaped die, with corresponding inked numbers of 1 to 12. Ring turned bone central spindles, with simple painted red and black decoration. Not an exact matched pair, but close enough to have possibly been made by the same hand. Approximately 6.5cm length, 4.1cm width across the disc. Condition: generally good. Some wear to the painted

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An 1844 edition of William Siborne’s ‘Plates to History of the War in France & Belgium in 1815’. Featuring 11 battle map plates and a map featuring a part of France. Half calf binding, with gilt lettering to the spine, and marbled boards back and front. The map plates show several battles from the era, including Waterloo, with the battle lines shown at different times during the day. Inscription to first page for ‘Mary De Winton Maesllwch(?) Breconshire’, who was part of the well known De Wi

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An early 19th century portrait miniature of Napoleon Bonaparte. Painted on ivory, housed in a gilt brass closed back frame with glass front, and a fixed suspension loop to the top edge. Apparently unsigned, but of good quality. Despite Napoleon’s status, he still favoured wearing his military uniform throughout his political life, with this painted image showing him wearing the blue and white uniform of a Colonel of the Grenadiers à pied. Approximately 7cm height (including suspension loop)

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Napoleon Bonaparte by William Milligan Sloan (1850-1928) New York: The Century Co. A monumental work in 12 volumes, and lavishly bound in red Morocco leather with gilt detail to the front and back boards, and the spine, and green silk inner leaf. With the exception of volume IV, each is complete with a red slip case. Comprising of up to 1000 plates, many hand coloured, plus maps, portraits, and battle plans. Calligraphy index pages, and a memorial book plate to Lt Frank Wilks Brooks USNR, an

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A scarce 1852 dated pamphlet, detailing the regulations to be observed during the funeral procession of Field Marshall, Arthur Duke of Wellington, K.G. Printed on pale blue paper, and issued by the Metropolitan Police Office on November 13th 1852. The reverse side of the document has 2 applied cut out prints of boats with handwritten details ‘The Peoples Robin Hood 1885’. Another cut out image is entitled ‘Esquimaux Hunters(?) Cruising’. Approximately 42cm x 33.5cm when opened. Condition: some c

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2 early 19th century letters, written by French Revolutionary War, and Napoleonic War Generals, Achille Claude-Marie Tocip Grigny (1766-1806), and Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761-1804). The Grigny manuscript has numerous annotations in the left margin, and is signed Grigny to the reverse side. General Grigny was killed in action at Gaeta in Italy in 1806, being decapitated by a canon ball. General Pichegru is best known as the Royalist conspirator, who plotted in 1803 to overthrow Napoleon’s mili

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An 1801 letter, signed by the French Secretary of State, Hugues-Bernard Maret, later created duc de Bassono (1763-1839). Dated February 15th 1801, the letter is addressed to General Louis-Alexandre Berthier, and transmits an order from Napoleon regarding the radical reform of the French army. Napoleon wishes Berthier to submit a report to him regarding the dismissal of all of the administrative staff of the Army of West, ranging from the Executive head (Commissaire Ordonnateur), through to the

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1807 dated letter, autographed by Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (1748 - 1810). Dating from March 12th 1807 and signed ‘Collingwood’, the letter relates to the exportation of tobacco from Brazil, and the loss of an ordnance ship to the Spanish. Collingwood is incredulous regarding the ships loss, noting ‘It is a misfortunes of the most serous kind - I think they must have been either mad or drunk for on that night, though it blew hard - the wind was off shore’. Vice Admiral Cuthbert

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An 1807 order signed by Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès (1753-1824), who was at the time of writing, the Archchancellor of the Empire. Cambacérès was also the Duke of Parma, a lawyer, Freemason, and the Napoleonic Code, simply referred to the French Civil Code, which although frequently amended, is still in force today in France. Addressed to Senator Bernard Germain de Lacépède, who was Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour (he himself was a recipient of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Ho

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A ‘Nouvelle Officielle’ 1807 news bulletin, released on February 20th 1807. Comprising of 2 double sided pages, announcing the latest official news relating to the French army. This example details the retreat of the Russian army, with 8 elite Russian army regiments having been ‘cut to pieces’ when they were cut off by Marshall Michel Ney, with many prisoners of war, and artillery pieces captured. The top of the document displays the Imperial crest, with the last page having the French Napole

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A pair of early 19th century letters, written by the French Admirals, Louis Thomas Villaret-Joyeuse (1747-1812) and Étienne Eustache Bruix (1759-1805). The former dated December 5th 1801 and addressed to L’amiral Bruix, rüe Danlin No.8, with ‘Brest’ ink stamp, and number 22 ink stamp. The letter from Bruix is dated January 6th 1803. Villaret-Joyeuse was a veteran on the American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary War, Napoleonic War, with the latter including the Saint Domingue Expeditio

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A circa 1814 handwritten account of Napoleon’s testimony while detained at Elba, addressed from Portoferraio, Elba and dated December 6th. The document would have written at the Villa dei Mulini, one of two residences used by Napoleon during his stay from May 3rd 1814 to February 26th 1815. Napoleon defends himself against a variety of allegations put to him, including his justification of the massacre of Ottoman Turkish soldiers from the surrender of the garrison at the Siege of Jaffa in 1799

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A Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald autographed letter. Dated June 21st 1860, and addressed to Richard J.Greene esq. The letter thanks Greene for his poem, and speaks of Cochrane’s own ill health, and that he hopes that he’ll be able to complete his own narrative. Thomas Cochrane died only 4 months after this letter was written. Signed ‘Dundonald’ to the reverse side. Cochrane was a Scots born naval officer, aristocrat, Member of Parliament, and a mercenary (on account of his service in th

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A Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald autographed letter. Dated October 22nd 1834 and addressed to Theodore Rathbone, the letter discusses the invention of an engine for assisting in the propulsion of steamships, and thanking him for his correspondence for promoting interest in the apparatus. Thomas Cochrane (1775-1860) was a Scottish born naval officer, aristocrat, Member of Parliament, and mercenary (having served with the Chilean Navy and the Brazilian Navy). Napoleon nicknamed him ‘The S

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An autographed and framed letter, dated 1811 and written by Captain Sir William Hoste (1780-1828) from HMS Amphion to his mother. Captain Hoste entered the Royal Navy aged 13, as a protégé of Lord Nelson in 1793, acting as a Captain’s servant on HMS Agamemnon. Nelson promoted Hoste to Midshipman in February 1794, serving with him during the blockade and assault on Corsica. He would later take part in the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (where Nelson lost his arm), and was subsequently promoted

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An oak framed and glazed original late 18th century Times Newpaper, celebrating Nelsons victory at Rosetta. A double sided broadsheet, dated Wednesday October 3rd 1798 (issue number 4298). Ingeniously framed to allow the observer to read both sides of the newspaper as it’s still affixed to a wall. Priced at six pence, the front side of the newspaper tells of a ‘Grand Gala in honour of Lord Nelson’s glorious victory over the French at the mouth of the Nile (Rosetta / Alexandria). There also

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A 19th century signature of Joseph Bonaparte, as the ‘Comte De Survilliers’ The signature has been abbreviated to Le Cte de Survilliers, and would appear to have been cut from a larger document. Notes: Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844) was the eldest brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, and in his own right, was a statesman, diplomat, and lawyer. The influence of his brother, as Emperor of the French, led to Joseph being crowned as the King of Naples (from 1806-1808), and as King of Spain (from 1808-181

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A GEORGE III SILVER MOUNTED LARGE BOVINE HORN GUN DECK CANON PRIMER POWDER FLASK

THE SKULL OF THE BELLEROPHON SHIP'S GOAT WHICH SUPPLIED MILK FOR NAPOLEON AND HIS SUITE