'La Belle Alliance. the centre of the French position', 1815

Aquatint by James Rouse, published by H Colburn, Conduit Street, London 1816.

Rouse's Waterloo prints were produced in conjunction with William Mudford's 'An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands (London, 1817). It is highly likely that these views of the Waterloo battlefield were drawn on the spot.

British officers, soldiers and casualties around the inn on which is mounted a sign, 'Hotel Ala Belle Alliance'. The 'La Belle Alliance' inn was occupied by the French prior to the battle. It became famous as reputedly the site where the two Allied commanders, the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blucher, met after the battle.