Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Mudford, William, 1782-1848
Title:
An historical account of the campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Prince Blucher : comprising the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo : with a detailed narrative of the political events connected with those memorable conflicts, down to the surrender of Paris, and the departure of Bonaparte for St. Helena / drawn up from the first authorities by William Mudford ; illustrated by numerous public and private official documents, and other papers, hitherto unpublished, communicated by officers of the highest distinction ; embellished with a series of plates descriptive of the country between Brussels and Charleroi ... by James Rouse ...
Alternate Title(s):
Historical account of the battle of Waterloo
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Henry Colburn, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, 1817.
Physical Description:
[2], xviii, [2], 368 p., [32] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : col. ill., maps ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3586995
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Added engraved title page (dated 1816): An historical account of the battle of Waterloo.
Subject Terms:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815. | Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Contemporaries. | Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815. | Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Belgium. | Colburn, Henry -- Publisher. | Flint, W. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1817. | Etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1817.
Contributors:
Rouse, James, fl. 1817, engraver. | Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, ill. | Hamilton, C. C. artist, ill.