'The Marquis of Anglesea [sic] wounded, whilst heading a charge of heavy cavalry at the close of the Battle of Waterloo, June 18th 1815'

Aquatint drawn by J A Atkinson, engraved by M Dubourg, published and sold September 1st 1815. From 'Historic, Military and Naval anecdotes, of personal valour, bravery and particular incidents which occurred to the armies of Great Britain, 1803-15, and her allies, in the last long-contested war terminating with the Battle of Waterloo', published by Edward Orme, 1819.

Henry, Lord Paget commanded the 16th (or The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons and the 7th (or the Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) in the Low Countries in the late 1790s. He commanded the cavalry of Sir John Moore's army in Spain and Portugal but from 1809 further service in the Peninsular War was ruled out by his elopement with the Duke of Wellington's sister-in-law.

In 1815, now the 2nd Earl of Uxbridge, Paget was given command of the British cavalry and horse artillery in Wellington's army. He lost his leg at Waterloo when it was shattered by a piece of shot which narrowly missed Wellington. Uxbridge was created Marquess of Anglesey for his services at Waterloo and became Field Marshal in 1846.