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‘Death of Lieut-Col. Miller of the Guards’, 1815
lithograph, print
Accession Number

NAM.1971-02-33-528-6

Description

‘Death of Lieut-Col. Miller of the Guards’, 1815. One of 16 lithographs by J Atkinson depicting incidents of British bravery during the late campaigns on the continent. Graphically illustrated in a series of drawings on stone. Death of Lt-Col William Miller of the 1st Guards at the Battle of Quatre Bras. Miller lying supported by two soldiers, being shown the regimental colours. The caption reads, ‘He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Waterloo feeling he had not long to live he sent for Col Thomas and begged he might once more behold the colours of the regiment, they were brought, his countenance brightened, he expressed himself well satisfied and soon after closed with his life his career of glory’. Associated with the Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815).

Events

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

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