Elba

Haydon portrait of NapoleonElba is an island in the Mediterranean where Napoleon was exiled after his first defeat and abdication in 1814.  Image:  Benjamin Robert Haydon, Napoleon Musing at St Helena.  This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or less

Home of John Kenyon

lithograph of John Kenyon39 Devonshire Place, London was in 1836 the main home of John Kenyon, who was responsible for introducing Elizabeth Barrett (his cousin) both to Robert Browning and to William Wordsworth. On 28 May 1836, Elizabeth Barrett Browning met William Wordsworth at a dinner party hosted by John Kenyon, likely at this location. Later, EBB wrote the sonnet, "On a Portrait of Wordsworth, by R. B.

Saint Helena

portrait of Napoleon by HaydonSt. Helena, an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, is where Napoleon Bonaparte was imprisoned in exile after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, which ended the Napoleonic Wars of 1803-1815.  Napoleon died on the island six years later at the age of 51.

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