Charge of the French Cuirassiers at Waterloo
Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux · 1874
Why it's great
Armored French cavalry charge up the slope at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, the battle where Napoleon was finally defeated. Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux painted this charge in 1874.
🏛️ Part of history
Napoleon & the Napoleonic Wars (1799–1815) — Armored French cavalry charge up the slope at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, the battle where Napoleon was finally defeated.
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Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux was a French painter born in Paris in 1815. He made large battle paintings and giant circular panoramas, including a famous one of Gettysburg. He died in Paris in 1884.
