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Description: | The scene is of the Battle of Malplaquet, 1709. The Battle was fought between the Allied army and Prince Eugene of Savoy and the French army under Marshal Villars. This painting shows to the right Marlborough giving orders to his troops and to the left the dead being stripped of clothing. 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: | Duke of); figure; animal (horse); landscape; military and war; history (Battle of Malplaquet) portrait (Marlborough | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Laguerre, Louis (French painter, 1663-1721, active in Great Britain) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8594... | Go to resource |
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