Defence of the Chateau of Hougoumont by the Coldstream Guards, Battle of Waterloo.
postcard, postcard
Accession Number

NAM.2003-07-253-1

Description

Defence of the Chateau of Hougoumont by the Coldstream Guards, Battle of Waterloo. Colour photolithographic postcard of a watercolour by Denis Dighton, 1815. Published by the National Army Museum, 2003. Soldiers of the Coldstream Guards engaged in combat with the French Cavalry, with gun powder smoke, and buildings with British snipers in the background. Postcard is in landscape format. Associated with the Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815).

Events

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