The Battle of Waterloo June 18.th 1815. [&] Key To the Battle of Waterloo, By Lieut. Read.Dedicated with permission to Lieu.t General the Most Noble Henry William Paget, Marquis of Anglesey & Earl of Uxbridge GCB KMT & KJG. By Lieut. R.P. Reeve.
Drawn & Etch'd by W. Heath. Aquatinted by R. Reeve.
London, Published June 4th. 1816 for the Proprietor by R. Reeve No. 15 Rathbone Place. [&] Printed by J. Barfield, 91, Wardour Street Soho.
Wonderful hand-coloured etching and aquatint, image watermarked J. Whatman 1815, 450 x 600mm (17¾ x 23¾), with large margins. Key etching with letterpress, sheet 480 x 615mm (19 x 24¼"), on '1814' watermarked paper. Etching and aquatint taped into mount. Slight mount burn, otherwise near Mint. Key slightly creased.
Battle scene with British infantry closing on French cavalry on both flanks, injured soldiers lying in the foreground, a localised explosion in the centre; cannon shot trailing fire crosses the sky above sheets of flame on the horizon. With accompanying key in fine condition.
[Ref: 60541] £650.00
London, Published June 4th. 1816 for the Proprietor by R. Reeve No. 15 Rathbone Place. [&] Printed by J. Barfield, 91, Wardour Street Soho.
Wonderful hand-coloured etching and aquatint, image watermarked J. Whatman 1815, 450 x 600mm (17¾ x 23¾), with large margins. Key etching with letterpress, sheet 480 x 615mm (19 x 24¼"), on '1814' watermarked paper. Etching and aquatint taped into mount. Slight mount burn, otherwise near Mint. Key slightly creased.
Battle scene with British infantry closing on French cavalry on both flanks, injured soldiers lying in the foreground, a localised explosion in the centre; cannon shot trailing fire crosses the sky above sheets of flame on the horizon. With accompanying key in fine condition.
[Ref: 60541] £650.00