Portrait of Emperor Napoléon I Bonaparte George Moutard Woodward the first large-scale prefabricated ferrovitreous

the first large-scale prefabricated ferrovitreous (iron and glass) structure

Piccadilly (top) was designed by Sir Christopher Wren

a strong pull and a pull all together'

View of Northumberland House and Charing Cross

Portrait of Emperor Napoléon I Bonaparte George Moutard Woodward the first large-scale prefabricated ferrovitreous'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