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The Decisive Charge of the Life Guards at the Battle of Waterloo.

engraving, engraving

Accession Number

NAM.1974-05-69-4-1

Description

The Decisive Charge of the Life Guards at the Battle of Waterloo. Engraving after artist Luke Clennell, engraved by I William Bromley, published by John Britton, 1815. Associated with Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815).

Events

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

Units

1st Regiment of Life Guards, (1788 - 1877)

People

Clennell, Luke

Britton, John

Bromley, I William

Dimensions

Width: 25.5 cm Text: 46 cm

Inscriptions

Caption: ‘Painted by Luke Clennell & engraved by Wm Bromley, A R A & Member of the Roman Academy of St Luke. / The Decisive Charge of the Life Guards at the Battle of Waterloo. / London: / Published 1st March 1821, under the direction of the Committee by John Britton, Burton Cottage, / for the benefit of the Painter’s Family. / Printed by Dixon & Son.’