Centre of the British Army at La Haye Sainte, June 18th 1815.
Coloured etched aquatint by Thomas Sutherland after William Heath, from the series, ‘Waterloo Scenes’.
Published by J Jenkins, 1 Mar 1816.
Inscribed as title.
British cavalry charge between squares of infantry to drive off French cuirassiers and lancers while green-coated riflemen can be seen skirmishing in front of the farm of La Haye Sainte.
This print gives a good impression of the smoke and confusion of a Napoleonic battlefield.
Associated with Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815).