Artist(s):

VERNET, Horace (1789-1863)

JAZET, Jean Pierre Marie (1788-1871)

Composed Title English:

The soldier of Waterloo.

Inscription:

Peint par Horace Vernet // Gravé par Jazet

Description:

A soldier sits in meditation, taking a rest from his gruesome task of burying his fallen comrades. The field is strewn with dead bodies. A dead horse can be seen in the right background. In the left background, a cross indicates another gravesite.The soldier is himself wounded, his right foot is bandaged. A dead soldier in the foreground has a bullet-hole in his forehead. Instead of a title, is a design of stars, olive branches, weapons, and the Legion of Honour.

Original Work:

Le Soldat de Waterloo.

by

Vernet, Horace (1789-1863)

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