print
- Museum number
- 1978,U.3245
- Title
- Object: The Total Defeat & Flight of the French Army (at the Battle of Waterloo) Commanded by Napol.n Bounaparte: June 18, 1815
- Description
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Napoleon Bonaparte, accompanied by two staff officers, galloping towards his carriage which stands ready to receive him, a soldier holding open the door of the vehicle, a coachman seated on the box, lancers fleeing at the right and two cuirassiers riding through a pond to the left, one raising his sabre to cut down a drowning man, a broken cannon and dying men on the field, the Old Guard in the distance marching to the battle, commanded by officers, a watch tower and the woods behind; after Cruikshank
Etching
- Production date
- 1816 (June 4th)
- Dimensions
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Height: 258 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 422 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Battle of Waterloo 1815 (18th June)
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1978,U.3245
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1891,1116.179