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Lithograph of the Scots Greys at Waterloo

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Postcard of Lithograph of the Scots Greys at Waterloo.
000-000-100-255-C
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Lithograph of the Scots Greys at Waterloo

Coloured lithograph of Ansdell's 'Fight for the Standard' showing Sergeant Charles Ewart, 2nd (or Royal North British) Regiment of Dragoons, capturing the standard of the French 45th infantry regiment at the Battle of Waterloo.

The painting from which this lithograph is taken was an heroic interpretation painted in 1847, the year after Ewart's death, by Richard Ansdell.

Ewart described his efforts to retain the French standard in forthright language: 'I cut him [the standard bearer] through the head...one of their Lancers threw his lance at me but missed...I cut him through the chin upwards'.


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Online ID: 000-000-100-255-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0207: The Thistle at War
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  M.1938.50
Date: 1815
1815, painted 1847
1847
Material: Paper
Dimensions: 428 mm H x 334 mm W
What: Print / lithograph
Subject: Prints
Who: Richard Ansdell (delineator)
Royal Scots Greys (British land forces)
Sergeant Ewart (subject)
Where:
Event: Battle of Waterloo (battle)
Description: Royal Scots Greys - Coloured lithograph of Ansdell's 'Fight for the Standard', showing Sergeant Ewart at Waterloo.
References:
  • McCorry, Helen (ed.) The thistle at war: an anthology of the Scottish experience of war, in the services and at home. Edinburgh, NMS, 1997 
  • Wood, Stephen The Scottish soldier. Manchester: Archive Publications in association with the National Museums of Scotland, 1987 
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