The Battle of Waterloo [School piece or Penmanship sheet]
This print is decorated at the top and sides with episodes illustrating the Battle of Waterloo and its aftermath. At the bottom, a cartouche in the form of a draped cloth adorned with laurel wreaths was intended to be filled in with the name of a student scribe.
The work comes from a genre known as writing sheets, writing blanks, penmanship exercises, letter sheets or school pieces, published in Britain ca. 1660 to 1860 and used by students to demonstrate their handwriting abilities with this example unused.
The work comes from a genre known as writing sheets, writing blanks, penmanship exercises, letter sheets or school pieces, published in Britain ca. 1660 to 1860 and used by students to demonstrate their handwriting abilities with this example unused.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Battle of Waterloo [School piece or Penmanship sheet]
- Artist: Probably after George Cruikshank (British, London 1792–1878 London)
- Publisher: Langley & Belch (British)
- Subject: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (British, 1769–1852)
- Subject: Napoléon Bonaparte (French, Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena)
- Subject: Louis XVIII, King of France (French, Versailles 1755–1824 Paris)
- Subject: Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (German, 1771–1815)
- Date: ca. 1815
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Plate: 18 1/8 × 14 1/2 in. (46 × 36.8 cm)
Sheet: 18 7/8 × 15 3/16 in. (47.9 × 38.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
- Object Number: 49.50.72
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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