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'The Prince of Orange at the Battle of Waterloo, distributing at the moment, to the brave troops, the orders he then wore', 1815

Aquatint drawn by J A Atkinson, engraved by M Dubourg, published and sold August 20th 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.

The Prince of Orange, later King William II of the Netherlands, had served with British forces in the Peninsular War (1808-1814). By the time of Waterloo, William had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general. Late in the battle the Prince was wounded by a musket ball in his left shoulder.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1971-02-33-533-8

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1971-02-33-533-8