Title

'A Sketch of the Battle of Waterloo', (18 June 1815 )

Caption

'A Sketch of the Battle of Waterloo', (18 June 1815), 1816. Fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815. The French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by an allied British army under the Duke of Wellington, and Prussians under Field Marshal Blucher. The battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. From "The History of the War, from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Present Time, Vol. III", by Hewson Clarke, Esq. [T. Kinnersley, Limited, London, 1816]

Date

1816

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F23_165

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,8Mb (2,1Mb) / 18,4in x 12,7in / 5507 x 3798 (300dpi)

Keywords

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