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Exhibition at Bullock's Museum of Bonaparte's Carriage Taken at Waterloo

Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London British
January 10, 1816
Not on view
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 1925.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Exhibition at Bullock's Museum of Bonaparte's Carriage Taken at Waterloo
  • Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
  • Date: January 10, 1816
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 in. × 12 11/16 in. (22.8 × 32.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.2106
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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