National Army Museum

The presentation of two eagles captured by Highlanders to FM Lord Wellington

aquatint, coloured, print

Accession Number

NAM.1971-02-33-435-1

Description

The presentation of two eagles captured by Highlanders to FM Lord Wellington, 1815. Coloured aquatint by D Sluyter and W H Hoogkamer after H P Oosterhuis, contemporary, published by J Groenewoud, Amsterdam, 1815 (c). Associated with Highlanders. One of a pair of aquatints entitled "The Battle of Waterloo".

Events

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

Units

Highland Regiments

People

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of

Dimensions

Width: 71 cm Text: 49.5 cm Text: 55.5 cm Text: 7? cm

Inscriptions

bottom ‘op het tystip dat aan Zyne Excellentie den Generaal Veldmarshalk Lord WELLINGTON/twee ADELAARS worden aangeboden, door de dappere BERGSCHOTTEN op de Fransche veroverd./den 18de-,,Juny 1815.’ bottom ‘Geleekend door H.P Oosterhuis.’ bottom left ‘Uitgegeven door Js,, Groenewoud te Amsterdam.’ bottom ‘Gegraveerd door D. Sluyter en W.H.Hoogkamer.’ bottom right ‘Proefdruk.’