The Veteran at Home by Horace Vernet
A Grenadier of the Old Guard in tenue des climanches, with beige
breeches and white stockings, he is shown playing with a small child while
on leave.
A Grenadier of the Guard at Elba by Horace Vernet
Wearing patched white trousers and gaiters made of mattress ticking. In
the mid distance, officers of the Polish Lancers and the Guard. Napoleon
stands on the distant cliff. To the right a ship flies a tricolour. The
Elba battalion was Napoleons bodyguard in exile, comprising six companies
of Guardsmen, 100 artillery men and a crew of 21 seamen, They formed the
nucleus of the Imperial Guard in 1815.
The Last Stand of the Old Guard by Robert Hillingford
The Old Guard being asked to surrender at the end of the Battle of
Waterloo.
The Grenadier by E Detaille French Grenadier of the Old Guard on Sentry while Napoleon and his
staff are shown in the distance.
Evening of waterloo by Ernest Crofts, The French army is in a route, and Napoleon is urged to leave the
Battle Field, while the Old Guards protect his carriage.
Morning of Waterloo by Ernest Crofts Napoleon on the morning of Waterloo surrounded by the Imperial Guard.
In fact, all the French Infantry would have been wearing their capotes
(greatcoats).
The Sentinal by H Bellange
Depicting a lone guard outside the Emperors
tent, on the left Napoleon surveys the on-coming battle.
Battle of Montmirail by Horace Vernet One of Napoleons last successes in France when he defeated the Russian
General Sacken on 11th February 1814 at Montmirail near Paris.
The Return of the Carabiniers after the Charge by Eduard
Detaille. The Carabiniers return after their successful charge and with a captured
Russian standard.
87th Regiment at the Battle of Vitoria by Brian Palmer
The 87th Regiment defend the walls against the French 13th Dragoons
as they charge by during the Battle of Vitoria. Please note. you can spell Vitoria with one or two T's. We have on
this print spelt it with one.)
A Parley by James Alexander Walker Showing French Dragoons looking on as a meeting takes place between a
French officer and an Austrian officer.
