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Description: | The Duke of Marlborough and his troops enter the French entrenchments during the Battle of Malplaquet in 1709. The Battle was fought between the Allied army and Prince Eugene of Savoy and the French army under Marshal Villars. The Allies won the day but suffered many casualties as a result of hand to hand fighting. It was one of the bloodiest battles of the eighteenth century. The painting is a copy of one of the murals at Marlborough House, London. A second version by the same artist of a further mural is also in the collection of the National Army Museum. | Subjects: | portrait (Duke of Marlborough); figure; animal (horse); landscape; military and war; history (Battle of Malplaquet) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Laguerre, Louis (French painter, 1663-1721, active in Great Britain) Æ Attributed to after | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8593... | Go to resource |
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