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Captain Kelly, 1st Life Guards, leading a Heavy Cavalry charge at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815
lithograph, coloured, print
Accession Number

NAM.1974-05-69-52-1

Description

Captain Kelly, 1st Life Guards, leading a Heavy Cavalry charge at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815. Coloured lithograph by R Ackermann after J Atkinson, 1817. No 2 in the series ‘Incidents of British Bravery’ published by R Ackermann, 1817. Inscribed: ‘Among the numerous instances of bravery recorded of the heroes of Waterloo, the conduct of Capt. Kelly of the Life Guards deserves particular notice in leading a charge of the Heavy Brigade against a body of Cuirassiers he encountered with the commanding officer whom after severe contest, he deprived of life in spite of his defensive armour giving a striking proof of its uselessness against superior prowess and skill.’ Associated with 1st Regiment of Life Guards and Battle of Waterloo (1815), Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815).

Events

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

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