Daniel Maclise - the Waterloo cartoon / Annette Wickham and Mark Murray-Flutter.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Royal Academy of Arts, London in association with the Royal Armouries, Leeds, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 48 pages (some folded) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781910350249 (pbk.) :
  • 1910350249
Other title:
  • Waterloo cartoon
Contained works:
  • Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870. Works. Selections
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23
Summary: Depicting the famous meeting of Wellington and Blucher directly after their joint victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, Daniel Maclise's monumental drawing, which took over a year to create and stands at 3 metres high and 13 metres in length, caused a sensation when it was first shown at the House of Lords in 1859. In this concise but comprehensive volume, the authors looks in detail at the story of its creation and the reasons it has been hidden for so long.
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2 week loan Hockney Library Main Floor 741.5092/MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 7412087793

Published on the occasion of the exhibitions 'Waterloo: The Art of Battle' held at Royal Armouries, Leeds, 22nd May-23rd August 2015 and 'Daniel Maclise: The Waterloo Cartoon' held at Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2nd September 2015-3rd January 2016.

Includes bibliographical references.

Depicting the famous meeting of Wellington and Blucher directly after their joint victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, Daniel Maclise's monumental drawing, which took over a year to create and stands at 3 metres high and 13 metres in length, caused a sensation when it was first shown at the House of Lords in 1859. In this concise but comprehensive volume, the authors looks in detail at the story of its creation and the reasons it has been hidden for so long.

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