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A convalescent soldier from Waterloo sitting with his wife and children. Engraving by G.T. Doo, 1847, after W. Mulready.

The battle of Waterloo. Drawing.

Chelsea Pensioners hearing the news of the battle of Waterloo, outside the Duke of York public house. Engraving by J. Burnet, 1831, after D. Wilkie, 1822.

The captain's bulletin, in reply to scribblers and meddlers : "Rule a wife and have a wife."

A lone, wounded, French grenadier greets a skeletal death figure with the words "I am ready". Lithograph, 1829, by N.-T. Charlet.

Chelsea Pensioners hearing the news of the battle of Waterloo, outside the Duke of York public house. Engraving by W. Greatbach after D. Wilkie, [between 1822 and 1894].

Chelsea Pensioners and others hearing the news of Wellington's victory at Waterloo. Etching.

Story of the Battle of Waterloo / by the Rev. G.R. Gleig.

Onze slag bij Waterloo : de beleving van de overwinning op Napoleon in Nederland / Louis Ph. Sloos.

Surgeon James's journal 1815 / edited by Jane Vansittart.

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Chelsea Pensioners and others hearing the news of Wellington's victory at Waterloo. Etching.

Story of the Battle of Waterloo / by the Rev. G.R. Gleig.

Onze slag bij Waterloo : de beleving van de overwinning op Napoleon in Nederland / Louis Ph. Sloos.

Surgeon James's journal 1815 / edited by Jane Vansittart.

A lone, wounded, French grenadier greets a skeletal death figure with the words "I am ready". Lithograph, 1829, by N.-T. Charlet.