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Denis Dighton (1792-1827)
Field of Waterloo: La Belle Alliance 1815
Watercolour | 29.0 x 45.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 915007
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A watercolour showing La Belle Alliance, the French command post at the Battle of Waterloo. Dighton records a British soldier being stretchered from the battlefield in the right foreground and a mounted Prussian lancer to the east. Hastily dug graves are visible to the left.
The experienced military artist Denis Dighton travelled to Waterloo almost immediately after the battle. He produced nine watercolours of the battlefield, recording among other poignant details the casualties that still awaited burial.Provenance
Purchased by George IV, when Prince Regent, in August 1815
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Watercolour
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29.0 x 45.0 cm (whole object)
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RL 15007Featured in
ExhibitionWaterloo at Windsor: 1815-2015: Windsor Castle
Throughout 2015, the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, this exhibition will combine a themed trail through the State Apartments with a display of prints, drawings and archival material that explores the battle and its aftermath.
