Waterloo Elm Waterloo Elm The Waterloo Elm was located just south west of the intersection of the sunken land and the Genappe–Brussels main road. It was the Duke of Wellington's command post for much of the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815). The tree was killed by souvenir hunters after the battle. It was felled in 1818 and made into furniture, including a chair, made by Thomas Chippendale, the younger, that was presented to George IV and remains in the British Royal Collection. One of the souvenir hunters was Sir Walter Scott. In 1824 for a commission by Scott, Joseph Angell, a
The Meeting of Wellington and Blücher after the Battle of Waterloo Sister of Charity, and a tonsured priest delivering the last rites to a officer. In the background, a peasant woman is looting from the dead on the battlefield. In the background, the army is advancing along a road. The copyright was acquired by the Art Union of London in 1865, and Lumb Stocks made an engraving of the painting from photographs of the original. It was often sold with an engraving of the companion work, "The Death of Nelson". The Meeting of Wellington and Blücher after the Battle of Waterloo The Meeting of Wellington and Blücher after the Battle of