Horse’s hoof, 1815 (c)
hoof, animal, horse, hoof, animal
Accession Number
NAM.1999-11-125-1
Description
Left half of Horse’s hoof, 1815 (c). Divided in half and varnished;. Belonging to ‘Jubilee’, the horse ridden by Capt Arthur Shakespear, 3rd Regiment of Dragoons and 10th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars), at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815. Shakespear, the son of John Shakespear and Mary (née Drummond), was ADC to Lord Combermere; he was married to Sophia, daughter of Thomas S D Bucknall; he was placed on half pay in 1818, and died in 1845.
Events
Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)
Units