James Jenkins
The martial achievements of Great Britain and her allies: from 1799 to 1815
London: printed for J. Jenkins, by L. Harrison and J. C. Leigh, [1814–15]
Harley-Mason.a.23, [plate 50]
The dedicatory address to the Duke of Wellington which prefaces this assembly of prints and letterpress descriptions of actions in the Napoleonic Wars is dated 1 December 1814. Only after the printing of the sheets had begun did Napoleon abscond from Elba and cause three further plates to be produced covering the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo. The engravings in the book are after drawings by the youthful William Heath (1794/5–1840).
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James Jenkins
The martial achievements of Great Britain and her allies: from 1799 to 1815
London: printed for J. Jenkins, by L. Harrison and J. C. Leigh, [1814–15]
Harley-Mason.a.23, [plate 50]
The dedicatory address to the Duke of Wellington which prefaces this assembly of prints and letterpress descriptions of actions in the Napoleonic Wars is dated 1 December 1814. Only after the printing of the sheets had begun did Napoleon abscond from Elba and cause three further plates to be produced covering the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo. The engravings in the book are after drawings by the youthful William Heath (1794/5–1840).
This view is described in the accompanying text as representing ‘the time when Buonaparte made a last but desperate effort with the Imperial Guards, under Marshal Ney, to force the British line near the farm of La Haye Sainte. To the right, near the top, is seen the Duke of Wellington with his staff; a little to the left is the house of Hougoumont on fire; a little further to the left is the Observatory from which Buonaparte viewed the progress of the battle; and at the extreme left is the village of La Belle Alliance.’
