The Battle of Waterloo [Key to GAC1540]
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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About the artist
Painter and etcher Alexander Sauerweid was born in Courlande, Russia. He studied at Dresden Academy and drew scenes of the battles fought in the surrounding area in the style of Vernet. In 1810, he made a series of 19 costume illustrations of the army of Westphalia; the most comprehensive contemporary uniform study of that army. In 1814, Emperor Alexander I of Russia summoned him to work in St Petersburg. Soon afterwards he visited England, where he was commissioned by Thomas Clay of Ludgate Hill, London (a seller of artist’s materials), to draw two scenes of the Battle of Waterloo. They were engraved by John William Cook and published in 1819. By 1838, Sauerweid was teaching at the St Petersburg Academy. He died in St Petersburg, aged 61.
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Explore
- Subjects
- horseback, drum (as subject), topography, text-based work, horse, smoke, military uniform, flag, death, lance, sword, Napoleonic Wars, Battle of Waterloo
- Materials & Techniques
- engraving
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Details
- Title
- The Battle of Waterloo [Key to GAC1540]
- Date
- published 18 June 1819
- Medium
- Engraving
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Colnaghi, April 1952
- GAC number
- 1540A