Map of the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 (Waterloo, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°42'45"N 04°24'05"E

Walter Jackson (active 1802-1833) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of border:] Engraved by W Jackson 44 Gutter Lane Cheapside.

S Wharton (active 1816) (surveyor) [bottom left, below edge of border:] Taken from a Trigonometrical Survey made by S. Wharton, in July 1815.

Subject(s)

Watermark: Cropped: J WHATMAN / 1811

Condition: three fold lines; small tears to bottom left of map. Verso: surface dirt along right edge, consistent with the map having been rolled and tied

Scale: 1:7,282. Scale bar: SCALE OF A MILE [221 mm =] 80 Chains / 1760 Yards.

60.4 x 117.3 cm (neatline)

62.6 x 118.0 cm (image)

67.1 cm x [cropped] (platemark)

69.5 x 124.2 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

FIELD / OF / WATERLOO. [top, right of centre, on the front of a drawing of what appears to be a funerary urn, draped with wreaths and against which are laid flags and pieces of armour]

Additional text:

[bottom right, a key, 1-31, to the positions of the British regiments and French troops:] REFERENCE.

Annotations:

George III heading: Military.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] Waterloo XV; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil:] XV 187.

George III catalogue entry:

Waterloo A Plan of the Battle of Waterloo 18.^th of June 1815, from a trigonometrical Survey by S. Wharton, 1815. 2 sheets.