NAM.1971-02-33-545-30

Waterloo, 8pm. Right of the British Line, 1815. Engraving by Samuel Mitan after Capt George Jones, mostly proof before letters, No 18 from the series ‘The Battle of Waterloo with those of Ligny and Quatre Bras... by a near-observer’, published by J Booth and T Egerton, 1817. The Duke of Wellington ordering the general advance, at the time the enemy’s columns were repulsed by the Guards, and taken in flank by Gen Adam’s Brigade. The wood of Hougomont is on the right, and the Observatory in the distance.

Ligny, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815), Quatre Bras, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815), Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)