Portrait of Emperor Napoléon I Bonaparte tossing Dedicated to Joseph Taylor Esquire

Dedicated to Joseph Taylor Esquire

Children play on the river bank and Battersea Mill can be seen in the background

showing traffic on the River Thames

Chancel of St Peter and St Paul

Royal College of Surgeons

Portrait of Emperor Napoléon I Bonaparte tossing Dedicated to Joseph Taylor Esquire'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