Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780–1862)
The campaign of Waterloo, illustrated with engravings of Les Quatre Bras… and other principal scenes of action… together with a grand view of the battle on a large scale
London: printed by T. Bensley and Son, for Robert Bowyer, 1816
Harley-Mason.bb.80, ‘grand view’

Like Richard Westall in the preceding image, the artist of this ‘grand view’ chose to depict the battle at the moment of the Allied advance, here said to have been at about seven o’clock, although probably closer to eight. Near the horizon on the extreme left can be seen the smoke rising from the Prussian attack on the village of Plancenoit. The buildings in the middle distance on the right-hand side are La Haye Sainte. The publisher, Robert Bowyer, acknowledged his obligation to Captain Wildman, an aide-de-camp to the Marquess of Anglesey (the former Earl of Uxbridge), for the ‘accuracy and fidelity’ of the view.

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