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Description: | Coloured engraving . In the centre of this image, silhouetted against a plume of white smoke from canon-fire, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington is seen on a chestnut charger, holding a telescope in his right hand. The scene depicted is that immediately after Wellington’s order for the advance of the British troops. The foreground of the battle scene is littered with dead or injured soldiers and two fallen horses while beyond, the battle is in full progress.
The Battle of Waterloo, which ended the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, was fought on 18 June 1815 at Waterloo, in present-day Belgium. Napoleon's forces faced an Anglo-Allied British-German-Dutch army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, which also had the last-minute support of two Prussian corps commanded by Gebhard von Blücher (1742-1819). Having lost the American colonies a few decades earlier, British success at the Battle of Waterloo represented a turning point in the fortunes of Britain. It therefore came to be viewed as a defining moment in British history and was celebrated throughout the 19th century. | Subjects: | Duke death horse Arthur Wellesley Field Marshal house smoke cannon horseback 1st Duke of Wellington soldier topography flag Battle of Waterloo Napoleonic Wars sword | Temporal: | 1819 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | John William Cook (Engraver) | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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