Historical Collections Online
Search our Historical Collections Online, a sample of 10,000 artefacts from the National Museum of Ireland’s Historical, Military and Easter Week Collections, published as part of the Decade of Commemorations.
engraving / Troupes Francais, 1816
Coloured picture - French Cavalry Soldier, Garde Royale, Trompette des Lanciers, 1816. Le Canu, Rue St. Jacques.
portrait / Napoleon
Plaque of Napoleon; enamelled metal, elliptical 8" x 6" diams. with printed portrait of Napoleon in centre and "Buonaparte" underneath.
prison art / Napoleonic Wars
Crucifix figure, bone. French, 18th century. A type made by French Prisoners of War during the Napoleonic Wars.
bust / Napoleon Bonaparte
Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte, enamelled pottery; full face, blue coat with yellow flowered border; marbled pedestal; back has "Bonaparte" impressed. English (Staffordshire) late 18th or early 19th century.
prison art / 'Victoria'
Model ship, 'Victoria', prisoner art (probably), of bone and wood. Three-masted ship, painted red, black and white. Three life boats in situ. Crowned maiden figurehead. Not a war ship. Hull of wood and masts of bone. Possibly Napoleonic Wars period.
regulation / Riaghlacha agus Orduighthe, British Army, 1806
Poster, Riaghlacha agus Orduighthe (Rules and Regulations) for the British Army, 7th October 1806. In Irish. Dated 1st November 1806 by the War Office, Dublin (Oifig an Chogaidh). Printed in Dame Street, Dublin. Relevant to the Napoleonic Wars, 1803–1815.
prison art / Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815
French Prisoner of War model ship. unnamed 60 gunner. Three-masted war ship of bone and wood. Prisoner art, early 19th century, period of the Napoleonic Wars. Note in archive file AI/012/002 states: 'Model of three-master of French type made of bone belonging to a class usually ascribed to French...
prison art / Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815
Card box with sliding lid, handcarved of bone. Painted inserts with glass type covers, depicting ladies and gentlemen in Regency style dress. Probably containing set of cards and dominoes made of bone pieces, painted. Made by French prisoners of war during the Napoleonic Wars, c. 1803-1815. Lid...
portrait / General John Millet Hamerton
Oil painting of General John Millet Hamerton CB. Oil painting of Hamerton, depicting 34 length and wearing the CB badge, the Egyptian medal and his Waterloo medal.
campaign medal / 88th Regiment
88th Regiment. Struck medal, bar and ribbon 1.3" diameter. Obverse shows Hibernia seated next to a Maid of Erin harp, extending laurel wreath. Reverse bears '88' on top separating crosses laurel sprays deeply engraved, LIVE /MIVELLE / VITORRIA / FUENTES DE / ON OR / PYERENNEES / TOULOUSE / ORTHES....
campaign medal / Peninsular, McChestney, Connaught Rangers, 1813
Peninsular Medal of Private W. McChestney, 1st Battallion, 88th Foot - 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers. 'To the British Army 1793 - 1814' on reverse. With clasps for Orthes (1814), Nive (1813) and Pyrenees (1813). Peninsular War or Napoleonic Wars. Dated 1848 on obverse (year of retrospective...
newspaper / The Times / Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Copy of 'The Times' newspaper, 7 November 1805. Giving account of the Battle of Trafalgar.resource / Capture of Cairo, 1801
Browne Clyaton's Memorial to Capture of Cairo, 1801. At Carrigbyrne ex Enniscorthy Guardian, 5.9.1980.
periodical / An Incident at Waterloo
Page of periodical 'Chatterbox', No. XLIII, 337. Titled 'An Incident at Waterloo'. c.1815.
political cartoon / A Wicked Subject
Political satire cartoon, 'A Wicked Subject'. Engraving depicting Daniel O'Connell and the Duke of Wellington. O'Connell shown snuffing out a candle atop a book titled 'History of Ireland', and saying 'I say Wellington, this has been burning a long time, shall I snuff it short or snuff it out'....
prison art / Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815
Card box with sliding lid, of bone. Painted inserts with glass type covers, depicting ladies and gentlemen in Regency style. Containing set of cards and dominoes made of bone pieces, painted. Piece of bone broken off one side and not found. Made by French prisoners of war during the Napoleonic...
prison art / Napoleonic War
French Prisoner of War model ship. Napoleonic War period. Three-masted war ship of bone and wood.
prison art / Le Ardy, Napoleonic Wars
French Prisoner of War model ship. "Le Ardy" 58 gunner, Three-masted war ship of bone and wood. Prisoner art, early 19th century, period of the Napoleonic Wars. Set on wooden stand.
medal / Battle of Montevideo, 1807
One of two Argentinian medals. Silver medal on a blue and white ribbon. On the obverse 'A los Libertadores de Montevideo 1814', and 'La Patria Reconocida' on the reverse. Medal for the Battle of Montevideo, 1807, instituted in 1814. Napoleonic Wars.