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'The House of du Gourmon from the Wood on the Left', Chateau de Hougoumont, 1815

Sepia watercolour over pencil on paper by Denis Dighton (1792-1827), signed lower centre, 'Denis Dighton del/ MP. to his. RH.PR' [Military Painter to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent], 1815. Number 5 from a series of nine landscape views of the battlefield of Waterloo, painted shortly after the decisive battle.

A view of the south gate of the Chateau de Hougoumont, showing battle damage. The chateau was a strongpoint in the Allied line during the Battle of Waterloo and was the site of bitter fighting throughout the 18 June 1815. This view of Hougoumont is reproduced in Dighton's famous painting of the 'Defence of the Chateau de Hougoumont by the flank company, Coldstream Guards'.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 2011-08-5--1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2011-08-5--1