Allegory of the Battle of Waterloo, 1815, Allegory of the victory of the allies in the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815. Four soldiers stand at the altar of peace, they are a Prussian and a Dutchman, also a British or Scot and a Hanoverian or Brunswijker. The Dutchman points to a column on the right showing the weapons of the allies and a representation of the capture of Napoleon's carriage. Peace watches from the clouds with a horn of plenty. In the foreground symbols of trade and the arts. In the caption a four-line verse. See also the drawing and the pendant., print, print maker: Noach


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