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Spotted this wonderful 1850 photo of an old #soldier who fought at the Battle of Waterloo,
Decided a digital scribble #drawing would best capture the weatherbeaten, but still very much alert aged warrior.
He’d seen some action, wish I’d met him.
#iPadPro
#paperby53
#sketch
On this day, 18th June 1815, Waterloo. Major Chalmers leads the charge of the 52nd over the dead and wounded 4th Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard. Private collection, with working stages, oil on board © Christa Hook #Waterloo #WaterlooRemembered #OnThisDay #52nd #napoleonic
Surgeon Charles Bell from the Royal Army Medical Corps recorded in his sketchbook injuries during the Waterloo campaign – some of the watercolours were later worked up into life-size versions and used by Bell as illustrations in his lectures
#OTD in 1815 - The Battle of #Waterloo.
Always been fascinated by this event. Perhaps because its anniversary falls on my birthday, or because I used to live up the road from the battlefield, or I've read more Bernard Cornwell than is healthy.
#Waterloo205 #WaterlooRemembered
RT @D_Profundis: The Battle of #Waterloo re-imagined as a Littlewoods catalogue of fashionable military dress, featuring (l-r) the Prince of Orange, Duke of Brunswick, #Wellington Hill, Picton, Blucher and the Marquess of Anglesey, published in #London, June 16th 1817
Introducing our newest design to the Waterloo Collection: Elefant Vorwärts, available both on a T-shirt and mug. Yes, somehow @n_nunariyasarp has managed to put an elephant in a Prussian general's uniform. With a pipe.
T-shirt: https://t.co/sbEAJFLdxN
Mug: https://t.co/roCbYlVjNq
The Battle of #Waterloo re-imagined as a Littlewoods catalogue of fashionable military dress, featuring (l-r) the Prince of Orange, Duke of Brunswick, #Wellington Hill, Picton, Blucher and the Marquess of Anglesey, published in #London, June 16th 1817
Following The Drum
https://t.co/wnjPUXvEa4
“We must forward the letter to Brussels,” Hanslope said. “Depend upon it, she will not return this side of midsummer.” #Waterloo
Prussian Genetal Blucher enthralled #Wellington and the European sovereigns with some super dance moves during a #Waterloo victory fete at #Wanstead House in July 1814
2/2 The Opening of Waterloo Bridge, as seen from Whitehall Stairs, 18 June 1817. Painted by John Constable, & exhibited in 1832.
After several months of dancing, affairs, challenges to duels, and the occasional meeting around the table, the Final Act of the Congress of Vienna was signed #onthisday in 1815, a few days before the Battle of Waterloo. (Image: British Museum https://t.co/HvFmlwGdAU)
@Napoleonic_Imp @LandOfHistory @ZwhiteHistory @mcribbHistory @latelordchatham @WhigDuke @aquestingvole @KaraDiDomizio @mynameispurpose @meherbelin Thank you for the tag.
These are some of my favourite paintings:
The Charging Chasseur - Theodore Gericault
Battle of Waterloo - Sir William Hallam
Emile Jean Horace Vernet - The Battle of Pont d'Arcole
Wellington at Waterloo - Robert Alexander Hillingford
Somebody's Monday just got a whole lot better! A #Pick4 ticket purchased at Hometown Foods, 1010 E. Mitchell Ave. in #Waterloo, just won a $30,000 prize in today's midday drawing. #CheckYourTickets
Artist Angus McBride was very fond of both the Battersea Shield and the Waterloo Helmet @britishmuseum - here king #Cassivellaunus wears them as PPE going into battle on his chariot against the legions of #Caesar in 54 BC
#FindsFriday
Writing about #Celtic art it strikes me just how often the Waterloo Helmet and Battersea Shield @britishmuseum appear in pop culture pics of the #IronAge as if they were somehow in everyday use and everyone had their own copy...
...a random thread for #FindsFriday