'Edge of the Foret de Soigne', 1815 (c)

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.

A tree-lined road with men burying dead horses. The Sonian Forest is located on the south-east edge of Brussels. After the Battle of Waterloo the Duke of Wellington was gifted rights over a portion of the forest close to the battlefield of Waterloo.