Thomas Picton (1)

Edward Orme (1775–1848)
Historic, military, and naval anecdotes, of personal valour, bravery, and particular incidents which occurred to the armies of Great Britain and her allies, in the last long-contested war, terminating with the Battle of Waterloo…
London: Edward Orme, 1819
Harley-Mason.a.78, plate opposite p. 56

‘Death of Sir Thomas Picton’. Engraving by M. Dubourg after John Augustus Atkinson. General Picton (1758–1815) was wounded at Quatre Bras on 16 June and killed while ordering his division to charge early in the afternoon at Waterloo.

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