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The Battle of Waterloo, fought just south of Brussels on 18 June 1815, was a turning point for Europe. The engagement saw the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by an alliance of European powers led by Arthur, Duke of Wellington, and the Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher. The battle cleared the way for the peace negotiations that settled a war-torn continent: the Duke of Wellington believed that Waterloo had ‘saved the world’.
The outcome of the battle was by no means a certainty – Wellington recorded that it had been a ‘close-run thing’ – and the large numbers of casualties on both sides shocked many. Almost immediately, the ground on which the battle had been fought attracted large numbers of tourists. Napoleon’s captured carriage was brought to London where it was displayed to fascinated crowds. The Prince Regent (later George IV) eagerly celebrated the victory, collecting prints, drawings and works of art relating to the battle and, most impressively, creating the grand Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle in honour of this most important of military victories.
Denis Dighton (1792-1827)
The First Duke of Wellington.
After? Vallain, Nanine (18/19C)
Bonaparte. Pacificateur de l'Europe
Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Blucher the Brave extracting the groan of abdication from the Corsican blood hound.
Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767-1855)
The Congress of Vienna
Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
The Corsican and his blood hounds at the window of the Thuilleries looking over Paris.
Alexander Ivanovitch Sauerweid (1783-1844)
French Army. Chasseurs à Cheval of the Imperial Guard. About 1814.
After Wilhelm Ternite (1786-1871)
Dem Bruder
After Joseph Dionysius Odevaere (1778-1830)
Le Prince D'Orange
After William Heath (1795-1840)
The Perilous Situation of Marshal Blücher during the Battle of Ligny
John Rennie (1761-1821)
Plan of the Ground about Quatre Bras...16 June 1815
Samuel John Neele (29 July 1758-13 May 1824) ([bottom right, below edge of view:] Neele sc Strand.)
Map of the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 (Waterloo, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°42'45"N 04°24'05"E
After S Wharton (active 1816)
Exterior of the Garden Wall of Chateau Goumont adjoining the Wood, a point of the greatest Interest
After S Wharton (active 1816)
Entrance to the Farm of La Haye Sainte and the Gate shattered with musketry
Jan Anthonie Langendijk (1780-1818)
The Battle of Waterloo
After S Wharton (active 1816)
Distant View of La Belle Alliance from the Spot where Buonaparte rallied the Imperial Guard
Jan Anthonie Langendijk (1780-1818)
The King's Dragoon Guards and French Dragoons at Waterloo
After William Heath (1795-1840)
The meeting of Wellington and Blücher at the close of the Battle of Waterloo
Denis Dighton (1792-1827)
Field of Waterloo: Distant view of La Belle Alliance
Denis Dighton (1792-1827)
Field of Waterloo: La Belle Alliance
After Denis Dighton (1792-1827)
His Royal Highness = the Prince Regent.
Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Exhibition at Bullock's Museum of Bonaparte's Carriage taken at Waterloo.
T Wyon Junior (active 1815)
Medal commemorating the battle of Waterloo.
After George Hutchins Bellasis (1778-1822)
A View of the Island of St Helena.
After Marryat, Frederick, Captain (1792-1848)
Napoleon on his Death-Bed
Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (1769-1821)
Letter of surrender from Napoleon to the Prince Regent, 13 July 1815
Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet (1772-1853)
Extract from a diary of Rear Admiral Sir George Cockburn : with particular reference to General Napoleon Bonaparte, on the passage from England to Saint Helena in 1815, on board H.M.S. Northumberland, bearing the Rear Admiral's flag.
After Peter Turnerelli (1774-1839)
Arthur, the Conqueror of Napoleon
After Wyatt, Benjamin Dean (1775-1848/50)
A design for a pyramid commemorating the Napoleonic Wars
Joseph Nash (1809-78)
Windsor Castle: The Waterloo Chamber, 5 June 1844
Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (1904-80)
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002) when Queen Elizabeth, Buckingham Palace Gardens
Anna Children (1799-1871)
The Waterloo Elm
Edward Matthew Ward (1816-79)
The Tomb of Napoleon
Attributed to Charles Hinxman
