Belgium, Plains of Waterloo and Lion’s Mound Monument

Description

The Lion’s Mound is a large conical artificial hill located in the municipality of Braine-l’Alleud (Dutch: Eigenbrakel), Belgium. King William I of the Netherlands ordered its construction in 1820, and it was completed in 1826. It commemorates the location of the battlefield of Waterloo.
Drawn by T. Cooper and engraved by R. Brandard for ‘The Gallery of Modern British Artists’, published by Charles Tilt, London, 1836.

Steel engraving
1836
Image size approx. 150 x 113 mm.
600 ppi