National Army Museum

The Glorious Battle of Waterloo, 1815

print, print

Accession Number

NAM.1974-05-69-5-1

Description

The Glorious Battle of Waterloo, 1815. Print after J M Wright, engraved by Robert Havell, published by T Rickards, 1815. Associated with Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815).

Events

Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)

Units

Household Cavalry

French Forces

People

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, (1742-1819)

Anglesey, Henry William Paget, Earl of Uxbridge, 1st Marquess of

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of

Wright, John Masey

Rickards, T

Havell, Robert

Dimensions

Width: 30.5 cm Text: 51 cm

Inscriptions

Captioned: ‘La Belle Alliance. Buonapartes Station. Guards & French Cuirassiers. London. Pub. Dec. 14 1815 by T. RICKARDS, 344 Strand. Marquis of Anglesey. Hougoument Oxford Blues D of Wellington La Haye Sainte./ Painted & Etch’d by I M Wright / R Havell sculp 3 Chapel Stt Tottm Ct Rd / The Glorious Battle of Waterloo, / fought on the 18th of June 1815, by the English & Aliied Armies, under the command of the illustrious Field Marshals the Duke of Wellington & Prince Blucher, / which terminated in the complete overthrow of the FRENCH ARMIES, & of the usurpation of NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE. / This view is taken from LA HAYE SAINTE & represents the period of time when the last charge was made between the GUARDS and the FRENCH CUIRASSIERS, when the DUKE OF WELLINGTON ordered the advance of the whole of the BRITISH TROOPS.’