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a Sergeant of the Coldstream...flew to a...Barn to which the enemy had set fire, and from thence...bore...his wounded brother.

lithograph, print

Accession Number

NAM.1975-09-65-4

Description

a Sergeant of the Coldstream...flew to a...Barn to which the enemy had set fire, and from thence...bore...his wounded brother. Lithograph by Gazeau and Co St Marc after Francis, publisher, Gazeau and Co St Marc, 1821, relating to Coldstream Guards, 1815. Associated with Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815).

Campaigns

Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815)

Units

Coldstream Guards

People

St Marc, Gazeau and Company

Francis

Dimensions

Width: 32 cm Text: 26.5 cm Text: 45 cm Text: 57 cm

Inscriptions

bottom right ‘FRANCIS 1821 Londres’ ‘Lithogie.St,,Marc, Gazeau et Comie,, 10 Radcliff row, City road...’ bottom ‘On the Battle of Waterloo a Serjeant of the leave the ranks for a few minutes. He flew to a neighbouring Barn to which the enemy had set Fire, and from thence/bore on his Shoulder his wounded brother who he Knew lay helpless in the midst of the flames. Having deposited him in safety, he returned to his post!’