Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Robert Vernon
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-edwin-henry-landseer-323" aria-label="More by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Edwin Henry Landseer</a>
A Dialogue at Waterloo
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
actions: expressive
adults
agriculture, gardening & fishing
animals: actions
animals: birds
animals: mammals
aristocrat
baby
bag
basket
Belgium
book - non-specific
bottle
children
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
clothing and personal items
countries and continents
death
dog - non-specific
eating and drinking
family
family
farmland
gamebird
girl
group
groups
groups
hare
history
horse
hunting
individuals: male
landscape
leisure and pastimes
man
man, old
military
military
miscellaneous
named individuals
objects
people
picnic
pipe
places
plough
pointing
portraits
reading, writing, printed matter
recreational activities
riding
riding
royalty and social rank
society
soldier
souvenir
talking
trader
trading and commercial
transport: land
travel / tourism
vessels and containers
Waterloo - non-specific
Waterloo, Battle, 18 Jun 1815
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
woman
work and occupations
<p>In the nineteenth century, as now, Landseer's fame rested on his ability as a painter of humorous or sentimental animal paintings. However he was also an accomplished portrait, genre and landscape artist. This painting underlines the seemingly inexhaustible interest in commemorating the Napoleonic Wars. The whimsical scene, invented by the artist, shows Wellington, who was commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, returning to the battlefield of Waterloo with his daughter-in-law. Wellington himself disliked any attempt to paint the battle as he felt such images would inevitably fall short of the event itself.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
24 October 2001 – 11 July 2005
2005-07-11
24 October 2001
2001-10-24
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-10-24
Making British History
Collection based display
A Dialogue at Waterloo
support: 1937 × 3880 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999978" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Robert Vernon</a> 1847
<p>In the nineteenth century, as now, Landseer's fame rested on his ability  as a painter of humorous or sentimental animal <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a>. However he was also 
</p><p>
an accomplished <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a>, <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/genres" title="Glossary definition for 'Genres'"><span>genre</span></a> and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> artist. This painting underlines the seemingly inexhaustible interest in commemorating the Napoleonic Wars. The whimsical scene, invented by the artist, shows Wellington, who was commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, returning to the battlefield of Waterloo with his daughter-in-law. Wellington himself disliked any attempt to paint  the battle as he felt such images would inevitably fall short of the event itself.</p>
Display caption
2004-09-08T00:00:00
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DISPLAY_CAPTION
actions: expressive adults agriculture, gardening & fishing animals: actions animals: birds animals: mammals aristocrat baby bag basket Belgium book - non-specific bottle children cities, towns, villages (non-UK) clothing and personal items countries and continents death dog - non-specific eating and drinking family family farmland gamebird girl group groups groups hare history horse hunting individuals: male landscape leisure and pastimes man man, old military military miscellaneous named individuals objects people picnic pipe places plough pointing portraits reading, writing, printed matter recreational activities riding riding royalty and social rank society soldier souvenir talking trader trading and commercial transport: land travel / tourism vessels and containers Waterloo, Battle, 18 Jun 1815 Waterloo - non-specific Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of woman work and occupations