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*Manchester Observer front page, 20 February - University of Manchester Library
John Quincy Adams photo, 22 February - National Portrait Gallery, Washington
*Florida and 1818 treaty maps, 22 and 28 February - Wikimedia Commons
John Sackeouse, 24 February, National Galleries of Scotland
Sir James Mackintosh MP, 2 March/6 July, National Galleries of Scotland
Thomas Telford, 5 March, National Galleries of Scotland
Caledonian Canal, 5 March, Peter Stoneground, Scottish Canals
*Stockton and Darlington Railway, 8 March, National Railway Museum
*Hobby horse, 9 March, Science Museum
Prince Regent, 15 March/29 May/13 July/9 September/19 & 22 October/20 November, National Galleries of Scotland
Chimney sweep, 15 March, National Galleries of Scotland
*Eden Quay, Dublin, 17 March, South Dublin County Libraries
*Royal George yacht, 19 March, National Maritime Museum
Burlington Arcade, 20 March, Museum of London
Richard Rush, 21 March, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Lord Castlereagh, 21 March/15 April/18 May/3 June/2 July/6 August/25 October, 29 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
*Persian horses, 23 March/20 May, Tate Britain
John Rennie, 25 March, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Menai Bridge, 26 March/16 July/31 December, Visit Wales
Mungo Park, 29 March, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Joseph Hume, 1 April/15&22 June, National Galleries Scotland
Charles Grant, 6 April, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
*Windsor Castle, 12 April, Tate Britain
Duke of York, 13 April/4 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
King Ferdinand VII, 17 April/18 & 19 November, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Capt, John Ross, 18 April, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
John Singleton Copley, 19 April, National Portrait Gallery, Washington
*Prince Regent, 22 April, Wellcome Collection
Duchess of Kent, 22 April, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Sir Walter Scott, 22 April, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
*Richmond Hill (J.M.W. Turner), 23 April/30 May/27 June/31 December, Tate Britain
Duke of Kent, 25 April, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Robert Burns, 26 April, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Robert Owen, 27 April/26 June, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
*Cock-fighting, 29 April, British Library
Henry Grattan, 30 April, National Gallery of Ireland
William Wordsworth, 2 May/31 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Sir Charles Manners-Sutton, 3 May/15 June, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Henry Grattan, 3 May, National Gallery of Ireland
George Canning, 4 & 18 May/15 June, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Robert Peel, 4 May, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Sir Samuel Shepherd, 5 & 13 May, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Lt. William Parry, 6 & 11 May/18 June/25&31 December, National Maritime Museum
Lord Liverpool, 7 May/17,23&27 October/30 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Nore lightship, 11 May, National Maritime Museum
HMS Hecla and HMS Fury, 11 May, National Maritime Museum
Andrew Jackson, 11 May, National Portrait Gallery, Washington
Queen Charlotte, 16 May, Royal Collection Trust
Auction catalogue, 16 May, Royal Collection Trust
Cruikshank cartoon, 16 May, Royal Collection Trust
Duke of Wellington, 17 May/29 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Earl Grey, 17 May/1 July/21 October/30 November/29 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Lord John Russell, 18 May/1 July, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Sir Francis Burdett, 18 May/25 June/10 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Persian Ambassador, 20 May, Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museums
Duke of Kent, 24 May/24 June/16 July, Royal Collection Trust
Duchess of Kent, 24 May/24 June, Royal Collection Trust
Honours of Scotland, 26 May, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Tiresias, 27 May, Donald A. Heald Rare Books, Prints & Maps
Lord Sidmouth, 29 May/28 June/7 July/19&22 October/14 November, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Princess Charlotte, 31 May, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
King George III, 4 June/4 July/25 October/30 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
*Body-snatchers, 10 June, Wellcome Collection
Napoleon I, 11 June, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Madame Saqui, 13 June, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Patrick Bronte, 14 June, Bronte Parsonage Museum
Prince Regent framed image), 17 June/31 July, Royal Collection Trust
Princess Augusta, 17 June, Royal Collection Trust
Buckingham House, 17 June/3 November, Royal Collection Trust
James Monroe, 18 June, US National Portrait Gallery
Daniel O'Connell, 19 June/1 July, National Gallery of Ireland
Cupola Room (Kensington Palace), 24 June, Royal Collection Trust
Prince Regent (Bone), 24 June/13 July, Royal Collection Trust
Duke of Sussex, 26 June/21 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
*Storming of Bastille, 28 June, Wellcome Collection
Duke of Kent (Wright, 1819), 29 June/24 November, Royal Collection Trust
Bishop of Norwich, 1 July, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
*George Bidder (boy), 3 July, Wellcome Collection
George Bidder (man), 3 July, Institution of Civil Engineers
Joseph Nadin, 6 July, Manchester Libraries
Nathaniel Bolingbroke, 8 July, Norfolk Museums
William Wilberforce, 9 July/21 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Princess Caroline, 11 July, Royal Collection Trust
Major John Cartwright, 15 July/21 November, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Carlton House and Waterloo Place, 15 July/3 November, Royal Collection Trust
Marchioness of Stafford, 18 July, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Polouriscraig, 18 July/6 August, Strathnaver Museum
*Wordsworth on Helvellyn, 27 July/31 December, The Wordsworth Trust/ArtUK
*Striding Edge from Helvellyn, 27 July, Gary Rogers (Geograph)
Duel with sticks, 28 July, Museo del Prado, Madrid
Simon Bolivar, 7 August, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Henry VIII, 8 August, Royal Collection Trust
Royal George yacht, 13 August, Royal Collection Trust
Loss of the Royal George, 13 August, Tate
*Landing at Dover from the steam packet, 23 August, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
James Watt, 24 August, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
The Soho Manufactory, 25 August, Wellcome Collection
Duke of Richmond, 28 August, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Post-chaise in 1830s, 29 August, Tate
Sir Francis Burdett, 2 September/18 November, Royal Collection Trust
Paisley map, 11 September and following days, National Library of Scotland
Rip Van Winkle wallpaper, 1 October, Smithsonian Design Museum, Washington
Rip Van Winkle statue, 1 October, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
Field Marshal Prince Blucher, 3 October, Royal Collection Trust
Henry Brougham, 6 October, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Duke of Hamilton, 9 & 22 October, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Chief Justice Charles Abbott, 12. 13, 15&16 October/30 November, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Thomas Paine, 12 October/15 November, National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
Castle Yard, York, 14 October, British History Online
Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, 27 October, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Parliament House, Edinburgh, 27 October, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
William Cobbett, 29 October/15, 21 &29 November/3 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Flatford Mill (John Constable), 1 November, Tate
Self portrait (John Constable), 1 November/31 December, Tate
Sir Humphrey Davy, 2 November 1819, Wellcome Collection
Yellow fever victim, 3 November, Wellcome Collection
Robert the Bruce, 5 November, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
George Kinloch, 10 November/19&22&27 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Goya, 19 November, Museo Nacional del Prado
Sir Robert Wilson, 21 November/9 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
St James's Palace, 23 November, Royal Collection Trust
Prince Regent (Skelton), 23 November, Royal Collection Trust
Prince Regent (Bone), 23 November, Royal Collection Trust
Duke of Sussex, 24 November, Royal Collection Trust
Henry Brougham, 2 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
John Cam Hobhouse, 12 December/29 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
*The Roman Campagna from Monte Testaccio (JMW Turner), Sunset, 12 December, Tate
George Kinloch (silhouette), 22 December, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Princess Alexandrina Victoria, 26 December, Royal Collection Trust
*Wellington state funeral, 28 December, National Army Museum
Lord John Russell, 29 December, Royal Collection Trust
William IV, 30 December, Royal Collection Trust
Coronation of George IV, 30 December, Royal Collection Trust
*Self-portrait of JMW Turner, 31 December, Tate
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