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Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815

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  • A convalescent soldier from Waterloo sitting with his wife and children. Engraving by G.T. Doo, 1847, after W. Mulready.
  • The battle of Waterloo. Drawing.
  • Chelsea Pensioners hearing the news of the battle of Waterloo, outside the Duke of York public house. Engraving by J. Burnet, 1831, after D. Wilkie, 1822.
  • The captain's bulletin, in reply to scribblers and meddlers : "Rule a wife and have a wife."
  • Chelsea Pensioners and others hearing the news of Wellington's victory at Waterloo. Etching.
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Catalogue

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    Chelsea Pensioners and others hearing the news of Wellington's victory at Waterloo. Etching.

    Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841. | Date: 1831 | Reference: 20755i
    • Books
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    Story of the Battle of Waterloo / by the Rev. G.R. Gleig.

    Gleig, G. R. (George Robert), 1796-1888. | Date: 1849
    • Books

    Onze slag bij Waterloo : de beleving van de overwinning op Napoleon in Nederland / Louis Ph. Sloos.

    Sloos, Louis Ph | Date: [2015]
    • Books

    Surgeon James's journal 1815 / edited by Jane Vansittart.

    | Date: 1964
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    A lone, wounded, French grenadier greets a skeletal death figure with the words "I am ready". Lithograph, 1829, by N.-T. Charlet.

    Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845. | Date: 1829 | Reference: 24445i
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