'View from Mont St. Jean of The Battle of Waterloo...1815', (c1816). Creator: Unknown.

'View from Mont St. Jean of The Battle of Waterloo...1815', (c1816). Creator: Unknown.

2-705-912 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'View from Mont St. Jean of The Battle of Waterloo at the commencement of the grand Charge made on the French at 7 o clock in the Evening of the 18th June 1815', (c1816). View from behind the British lines, with Wellington prominent among his officers in the foreground. The Battle of Waterloo was fought near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. A French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: a British-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prince of Wahlstatt. The battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Duke of Wellington: British, Irish: General, commander of the British army, statesman, prime minister
People Related
  1. Napoleon Bonaparte I: Corsican: Emperor, soldier, politician

Medium
  1. Engraving

Category Hierarchy

History & Politics War & Military Wars, Battles & Events

Locations & Buildings Other

People Other

History & Politics War & Military Military Figures & Personnel


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 8400x5592
File Size : 45,872kb


Aliases

  1. 0580039250
  1. 2-705-912
  1. 2705912

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