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Sketches in Flanders and Holland by Robert Hills (1816)
[edit]- Hills, Robert (1816) "Index to Plates" in Sketches in Flanders and Holland: With Some Account of a Tour Through Parts of Those Countries, Shortly After the Battle of Waterloo; in a Series of Letters to a Friend, J. Haines and J. Turner, pp. vii,viii
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- BOOKS (in de). Officiële site van provincie Limburg (België). Retrieved on 28 June 2016.
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Plate | Description | Engraver | Page |
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01 | Between Ghent and Bruges | J. Hill | 7 |
02 | Schuyt for Passanters between Ghent and Bruges | J.C. Stadler | 32 |
03 | Quay at Bruges, from whence the Ghent Schuyts depart | J. Hill | 32 |
04 | In Ghent, from the Canal Steps, near the Great Cannon | J.C. Stadler | 48 |
05 | View across the Park at Brussels | D. Havell | 57 |
06 | Brussels, from Lacken | J.C. Stadler | 74 |
07.a | Waterloo Church, from the Soignies Forest | J.C. Stadler | 79 |
07.b | The Village of Waterloo, from the Inn Door | J.C. Stadler | 79 |
08.a | Entrance to the Village of St. Jean | J. Hill | 81 |
08.b | First glimpse of the Field of Battle, from St.Jean | J. HILL | 81 |
08.c | Back of La Haye Sainte, from the Brussels Road | J. Hill | 81 |
09.a | Farm House at La Haye Sainte | D. Havell | 83 |
09.b | View of the La Haye Sainte, from the Road near La Belle Alliance | D. Havell | 83 |
10.a | The Barn at La Haye Sainte | J.C. Stadler | 84 |
10.b | Interior of The Barn at La Haye Sainte | J.C. Stadler | 84 |
11 | Hotel de La Belle Alliance, et in Wellington | D. Havell | 87 |
12.a | Cottage of Reconnaissance, from whence the general views of the Field of Battle were taken | J. Hill | 88 |
12.b | Interior of cottage of Reconnaissance | J. Hill | 88 |
13 | General Views of the Field of Battle | J. Bailey | 89 |
14.a | Entrance to the Wood at Hougoumont | D. Havell | 92 |
14.b | The Orchard at Hougoumont, from the Wood | D. Havell | 92 |
15.a | An Entrance to the Chateau at Hougoumont | D. Havell | 92 |
15.b | Ruins of do. as seen from under the Gateway | D. Havell | 92 |
16 | House in which Buonaparte slept the night before the Battle | D. Havell | 92 |
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17.a | Villevorde | J Hill | 104 |
17.b | Hunebeck | J Hill | 104 |
17.c | Another View of Hunebeck | J Hill | 104 |
18.a | Capelle | J Hill | 105 |
18.b | Grand Willerboecke | J Hill | 105 |
18.c | Boom | J Hill | 105 |
19 | Antwerp High Tower, from the Bmnels Road | JC Stadler | 122 |
20 | Costume of the Flemmings | J Hill | 126 |
21 | Implements of husbandry &c | J Hill | 126 |
22 | Flemish Diligences &c | J Hill | 126 |
23 | Rembrandt's house at Amsterdam | JC Stadler | 140 |
24 | Views of Haarlen | JC Stadler | 160 |
25 | Three View: from the Canal between Leyden and the Hague | JC Stadler | 168 |
26.a | Distan Views of the Hague, from the Delft Canal | JC Stadler | 168 |
26.b | View looking towards the Woods in with "the House" is situated | JC Stadler | 168 |
27 | The House in the Wood | D Havell | 171 |
28 | Three Views from the Canal between the Hague and Delft | JC Stadler | 172 |
29 | Ryswick | J Hill | 172 |
30 | Tower of the Oude Kerck, at Delft | JC Stadler | 173 |
31 | Three views of the Canal between Delft and Rotterdam | J Hill | 174 |
32 | The Cathedral &c. at Rotterdam | J Hill | 186 |
33 | The Tolhuys in Ysselmonde opposite Rotterdam | 192 | |
34 | The Church at Charloos opposite Rotterdam | 194 | |
35 | Costume of Holland | J Hill | 194 |
36 | Also the costume of Holland | J Hill | 194 |
Sketches in Flanders and Holland
[edit]- Hills, Robert (1816) Sketches in Flanders and Holland: With Some Account of a Tour Through Parts of Those Countries, Shortly After the Battle of Waterloo; in a Series of Letters to a Friend, J. Haines and J. Turner
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Plate | Title | Engraver | to face page | notes |
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I. | Exterior Ornaments of Flemish Churches | J. Hill | 7 | |
II. | Schuyt for Passengers between Ghent and Bruges | J. C. Stadler | 32 | |
III. | Quay at Bruges, from whence the Ghent Schuyts depart | J. Hill | 32 | |
IV. | In Ghent, from the Canal Steps, near the Great Cannon | J. C. Stadler | 48 | |
V. | View across the Park at Brussels | D.Havell | 57 | |
VI. | Brussels, from Lacken | J. C. Stadler | 74 | |
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J. C. Stadler | 79 | To accompany the image Robert Hills wrote:
"We were at length cheered, at the end of a three' hours ride, by a sight of Waterloo church, peeping from between the trees, and announcing, as the first conspicuous object, our near approach to the village (This church or chapel is of brick, with a slated cupola and roof—its general appearance may be judged of from the sketch. The front, facing the road, has a little portico, with pillars of rather grotesque design, and within the building are tablets to the memory of several British officers who fell)" (page 79). To accompany the image Robert Hills wrote: "Nearly opposite the church is a little inn, ... From the door of this inn, whose sign imported that it went by the name of l'ancien Jean de Nivelles, I made a sketch of the village... The etymology of this sign is, from the authority of an intelligent Frenchman, as follows: a "Jean de Nivelles", and a "simpleton", are synonymous; and hence putting them on a level, with even the dog of a fool, the following distich is frequently applied to a stupid and inattentive waiter:
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J. Hill | 81 |
To accompany the image Robert Hills wrote: "The little village of Mount St. Jean ... seems to have been the utmost point to which the French ever penetrated, as their official accounts of the battle state, that after Jerome Buonaparte had made himself master of the wood of Hougoumont, a part of D’Erlon’s corps succeeded, under cover of eighty pieces of cannon, in an attack on this village, and from the acknowledgement of 'loss' and 'disorganization, owing to charges of British cavalry', that immediately follows this assertion, it may be inferred that they were presently after driven back" (page 81). |
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D. Havell | 83 | To accompany the image Robert Hills wrote: "The nearest buildings represents the back of the farm house at La Haye Sainte, and those in the distance, the hotel and out-buildings of La Belle Alliance. The up-hill road leads by them to Genappe, Charleroi, &c. The ground to the left of the road represents an extensive surface of recently ploughed earth, where fields of corn had been. The hillocks, marking the graves of individuals, (generally officers, as we were told) spread about every part of these lands, were countless. The shadowed mass on the left of the foreground, contained an enormous heap of slain ... These bodies were but thinly covered, and had been thrown in with very little ceremony. The hand of one poor fellow was still exposed above the surface of the bank by the road side here" (pages 82−83). To accompany the image Robert Hills wrote: "A view of La Haye Sainte [taken from the heights near La Belle Alliance], including the barn..., the dwelling house, and a wood, or extensive orchard, of which one side is bounded by the chaussé, or high road, leading to Brussels. The small group of trees in the distance to the right, marks the spot where, according to some accounts, Sir Thomas Picton fell, and the line of extreme distance, represents the Soignies Forest. ... the trees and hedges bore evidences of their having been exposed to a deluge of fire" (page 85−86). |
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J. C. Stadler | 84 | To accompany the image Robert Hills wrote: The barn [of La Hay Saint], whose exterior is represented with part of the straw yard,... was drawn as I stood under the [[ [entrance to the farm] ]]. It is not very picturesque, but its history is memorable indeed! We have been told, that the wounded were dressed on the field of battle, and afterwards sent off in wagons to Brussels. It was in this extensive building that more than five hundred limbs were amputated—what hospital of co-temporary establishment can vie with it? The wounded were brought in faster than the surgeons could perform their office, which must have been an arduous one. They had only a little bread and wine to sustain them through it, and before they had had time to administer relief to all who required amputation, the period arrived for dressing those again who had been first under their hands" (page 86). To accompany the image Robert Hills wrote: "An interior view of the [ [inside the barn at La Hay Saint] ] Several wagon loads of straw and rushes, upon which these unfortunates had been rested, still remained in the part represented; to the right of the passage, and near the shattered door, the walls were stained with human blood" (page 86). |
XI. | To accompany the image Robert Hills wrote: "Hotel de La Belle Alliance, et à Wellington | D.Havell | 87 | To accompany the image Robert Hills wrote: "This 'Hotel' is a miserable little ale-house, depending apparently upon the custom of wagon-drivers, or serving, perhaps, as a poste aux chevaux to the diligences that pass it in their way between Brussels and Charleroi, or other places. Its roof covers the habitations of both men and beasts, for company have admittance by the front door, where a group of figures and a water-but are placed, and behind was the entrance to a stable which occupied nearly half the house ... The addition of à Wellington had been painted on its front subsequently to the battle" (page 87). |
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J. Hill | 88 | To accompany the image Robert Hills wrote: "At a very short distance from the Hotel, and also close to the road side, stood the little cottage... This house is remarkable from its having been one of Napoleon’s points of reconnaissance. Behind it there had been a garden and orchard, but these were utterly ruined: a few trees, indeed, remained, but their branches had been shivered to pieces by cannon and musket shot, and as to the others, of which nothing but vestiges of stumps were left, they had been cut down for the purpose of burning the dead, who were laying around the premises in heaps" (page 88). To accompany the image Robert Hills wrote: "The upper story [of this cottage] must have been an excellent observatory, for, till surrounded by hostile forces, its walls afforded ample protection from small shot, and it commanded all the views given in [the flowing images]. The spaces between the rafters presented a view of the whole of that track of country along which part of the Imperial Guard, and other corps, under Counts D’Erlon, Lobau, &c. advanced to attack the left centre and extreme left of the British lines, and keep the Prussians in check. Through the front, or road side of the roof, every seen of action about Hougoumont, and towards Braine la Leud, &c. could be seen; and a small hole near the chimney’s side, where a few bricks had been removed, evidently for the purpose, completely overlooked the whole of the great road leading up by La Haye Sainte, towards Waterloo and Brussels. According to the narrative of Buonapart’s guide, La Coste, it appears, that his attention to the movements of the armies was directed through this opening, and through the rafters, from four o’clock till seven in the evening" (pages 88–89) |
XIII. | General Views of the Field of Battle | J. Bailey | 89 | |
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D. Havell | 92 |
"[This plate], comprises nearly all that part of the field of battle which was occupied by the right and left centre of the British forces. The group of figures on horseback, and the wagon, towards the foreground on the left, have been so placed, because some of the country people pointed to the distant grounds immediately over them, as the spots occupied by the extreme right of the English cavalry and infantry. From plans published since, among which are the sketches of Captain Batty, whose correctness cannot be doubted, it appears that these indexes ought to have been under the right of the church-steeple; they would then have been placed too on the spot near which the Prince of Orange was wounded. The wood and orchard of Hougoumont are conspicuous in this view—the church, seen to the right of them, but considerably more distant, is at Braine La Leud. Meuke Braine, near which Lord Hill’s division was posted, lies rather still further to the right—and the rest of the subject extends towards La Haye Sainte, and Mount St. Jean. The two small subjects under that just referred to, would have been added to the left and right ends of it, if the size of my paper had allowed of such an arrangement: imagine them, therefore, so placed, and that while looking towards Hougoumont, the scenery represented in the lowest long slip is behind you, and, aided too by a reference to the cottage and its roof, these will furnish nearly as complete an idea of the whole field of battle as a panorama could afford. The high wooden building, conspicuous in one of the small subjects, has, in several plans of the field, been called 'Buonaparte's observatory'. but improperly for though, upon the retrograding of the allies, he may have used it, it was constructed by them two or three weeks before the battle, according to some accounts, under the directions of the Prince of Orange. It was of considerable height, as the sketch indicates, (about eighty feet) and consisted of open timber work, converging a little towards it upper stage, which, from the distance whence I viewed it, seemed to come prise a sort of box, or closely boarded apartment, to secure those within from any small shot that might be directed against them. Its situation was on the Charleroi side of Hougoumont. ... This might have been an excellent station for observing the movements of a distant army; but if, during the battle, either party had ventured to 'castle their king' in such a situation, he must inevitably have received 'check mate' from the first well-directed cannon shot against its supporting timbers.(pages 90–91) The other small subject, which would have been added to the right of the upper compartment, represents the Brussels road up to La Haye Sainte, as seen between the nearest cottages, which form part of the hamlet of La BelleAlliance (page 91).
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D. Havell | 92 | Opposite the hotel de La Belle Alliance, and at the distance of about half a mile from the high road passing by it, stands the wood of Hougoumont, with the adjacent chateau, gardens and orchard. ... This was a spot too memorable to be passed without any other than distant observation, and we made our way to it across some ruined corn fields. ... The wood, the chateau, orchard, and gardens, with every object about them, bore evidences of the murderous conflict. I do not exaggerate, when I say, that, in that part of the wood nearest to the house, nearly half the trees had been utterly destroyed by cannon shot, shells, and grenades, which had swept their upper parts from the stems, and those which remained standing, were scathed about their branches, and so closely covered on every side with marks of musket-shot from their roots upwards, that the survival of a single individual engaged there, would seem almost a miracle?“ The house was set fire to, and utterly destroyed in this “fell afliray,” and, horrible to relate! . all the wounded who had been lodged therein, for shelter under their sufferings, perished in the flames (pages 91 93).
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XVI. | House in which Buonaparte slept the night before the Battle | D. Havell | 92 | [This] represents the house in which Buonaparte passed (I had nearly written slept) the night before the battle of the 18th. The Prussians, vowing that it should never again harbour 'this chief of their former oppressors, burned it next day. It had been a farm-house, belonging to the “ Séance de Caioua',” andstood within a small distance from Planchenoitxl‘ |
An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands by William Mudford (1817)
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