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The Death of Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1775-1815) at the Battle of Quatre Bras, 1815

In the thick of the battle, the Duke mounted on a bay horse in the centre, leads an attack; he holds a sabre aloft in his right hand and turns his head half to the left to talk to a mounted officer; in the foreground, left, amidst allied soldiers surging to the right, a Highlander is about to bayonet a cuirassier

This work was said by Richard Redgrave to resemble a painting exhibited at Dresden in 1836 for the Duke of Brunswick. There is a study in the Braunscheigisches Landesmuseum (inv no VM 5240).

Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1775-1815) led the volunteer corps of the Black Brunswickers against the Napoleonic domination of Germany. He was the brother of Caroline, Queen...

c. 1836
Oil on canvas
358.1 x 297.2cm
Images and text © Royal Collection Trust/Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2017