'The Chapel of Waterloo', 1817

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.

The church shown is the Church of St Joseph of Waterloo in the town of Waterloo. A boy brings three visitors a cavalryman's helmet and sword, presumably from the nearby battlefield of Waterloo. The church contains a number of memorials to Allied officers who died at Waterloo and Quatre Bras in 1815.