Exhibition at Bullock's Museum of Bonaparte's Carriage Taken at Waterloo January 10, 1816 Thomas Rowlandson British Bullock's Museum, or The Egyptian Hall at 22 Piccadilly, allowed Londoners to view sensations such as the Hottentot Venus, Polish dwarf, Irish giant and Napoleon's carriage. Built by Goeting, the latter had been taken after the Battle of Waterloo, on June 18, 1815, by Major von Keller, who sold it to the British Government. Once Wlliam Bullock acquired and exhibited the carriage, he made 35,000 pounds from ticket sales. The carriage later belonged to Madame Tussaud's but was dest

Exhibition at Bullock's Museum of Bonaparte's Carriage Taken at Waterloo January 10, 1816 Thomas Rowlandson British Bullock's Museum, or The Egyptian Hall at 22 Piccadilly, allowed Londoners to view sensations such as the Hottentot Venus, Polish dwarf, Irish giant and Napoleon's carriage. Built by Goeting, the latter had been taken after the Battle of Waterloo, on June 18, 1815, by Major von Keller, who sold it to the British Government. Once Wlliam Bullock acquired and exhibited the carriage, he made 35,000 pounds from ticket sales. The carriage later belonged to Madame Tussaud's but was destroyed by fire in Exhibition at Bullock's Museum of Bonaparte's Carriage Taken at Waterloo. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London). January 10, 1816. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794–1829). Prints

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