Napoleon Leaving the Field of Waterloo, 18 June 1815


This painting by George Jones shows Napoleon giving final orders whilst leaving the battlefield as the British and Prussian forces advance behind him. The battle of Waterloo would resolve the nearly twenty year long Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.


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