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Chelsea Pensioners hearing the news of the battle of Waterloo, outside the Duke of York public house. Engraving by J. Burnet, 1831, after D. Wilkie, 1822.
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Chelsea Pensioners hearing the news of the battle of Waterloo, outside the Duke of York public house. Engraving by J. Burnet, 1831, after D. Wilkie, 1822.

David Wilkie · 1831

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Lettering: Chelsea Pensioners reading the gazette of the Battle of Waterloo. ; Painted by David Wilkie, R.A. Principal painter in Ordinary to His Majesty. ; Engraved by John Burnet.

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