Transparency: Exhibited at R. Ackermann's in the Strand on the 27th November 1815, the Day on which the General Peace was Celebrated in London

Transparency: Exhibited at R. Ackermann's in the Strand on the 27th November 1815, the Day on which the General Peace was Celebrated in London

Thomas Rowlandson

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

An allegorical design of Louis XVIII's throne atop a monument and military trophy. Blucher fires a blunderbuss at Napoleon, sending him down the stairs at left, while the Duke of Wellington leads Louis XVIII up the stairs at right. The King is followed by four people carrying the crown. Fame and Justice fly above the monument. Two groups of Allied soldiers gather below.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Transparency: Exhibited at R. Ackermann's in the Strand on the 27th November 1815, the Day on which the General Peace was Celebrated in LondonTransparency: Exhibited at R. Ackermann's in the Strand on the 27th November 1815, the Day on which the General Peace was Celebrated in LondonTransparency: Exhibited at R. Ackermann's in the Strand on the 27th November 1815, the Day on which the General Peace was Celebrated in LondonTransparency: Exhibited at R. Ackermann's in the Strand on the 27th November 1815, the Day on which the General Peace was Celebrated in LondonTransparency: Exhibited at R. Ackermann's in the Strand on the 27th November 1815, the Day on which the General Peace was Celebrated in London

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