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Title
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The Battle of Waterloo, Pieneman Willem Jan, 1824
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Rights
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Rijk Museum, Public Domain
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Creator
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Pieneman Willem Jan (1779-1853)
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Date
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1824
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Description
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The Battle of Waterloo (1815) was the last war of the Napoleonic wars, the defeat of Napoleon and his loyalists. The end of the First French Empire. Many countries took arms to fight against France, including the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Prussia, Hanover, Bassau, and Brunswick. This was a multi nation front that wasn't seen until now. Many generals, officers and soldiers were involved totaling around 120,000 troops under Wellington and Blücher.
This painting features many notable generals including, ieutenant-General Lord Uxbridge (Britain), Lieutenant Colonel Jhr. WF Boreel (Dutch), Baron De Constant de Rebeque (Swiss), Major General AKJG d'Aubremé (Netherlands), and many more notable people of different nations. This picture has war being waged in the background and sides, and the front having a delegation of officers under the bodies of several fallen soldiers.
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Format
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Oil
Canvas
Paint
length 822.6 cm
length 900 cm x length 842 cm x width 40 cm
length 825.7 cm x width 555.1 cm x depth 10 cm
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Publisher
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Rijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Contributor
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Timothy Jackson
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Identifier
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Rijk Museum, SK-A-1115
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Subject
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Napoleonic Wars; France; 1800s;19th Century; Officer; military; uniform; painting
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Source
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jpeg files, https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/The-Battle-of-Waterloo--9fc8b4d132695d9b276b9c92522386f3?tab=data
Battle of Waterloo