A British Hero

The Duke of Wellington at Waterloo by the British battle painter Robert Alexander Hillingford (1825-1904). Hillingford did a whole series of Waterloo paintings. Here he shows the Duke of Wellington encouraging one of his famous infantry squares the backbone of the British army then.

Defeated Napoleon

Napoleon after Waterloo by the English battle painter Robert Alexander Hillingford (1825-1904).

Napoleon returns defeated from the battlefield. He knows that he has lost all: the battle, the crown, his supporters and his freedom.

Battles

"Storming the Battlements" a scene from the wars under the The Duke of Marlborough.
Painting by the english painter Robert Alexander Hillingford (1825-1904), who specialised in battle paintings.