£600 - £700
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BATTLE OF WATERLOO COMMEMORATIVE PRINTED COTTON HANDKERCHIEF, CIRCA 1815
Printed in pink/red ink with plan of Battle of Waterloo to centre, flanked by the explanation of the plan with vignette Observatory of The Prince of Orange to left and observatory of Bonaparte to right, large battle scene above with cavalry and amassed foot soldiers and a large scene below village and church of Waterloo and taking Buonaparte carriage.
(approx 64cm x 51cm)
Identical examples can be seen in the Victoria and Albert museum and the National Army Museum.
Condition: some staining and slight holes lower left
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