* Stocks after Maclise Wellington and Blücher {1878} Loc? [PR]

Stocks, Lumb (1812-92; English), after Maclise, Daniel (1806-70; Irish)
Wellington and Blücher meeting after the Battle of Waterloo (1876)
Engraving, c.40 x 125 cm
Gift of W.Pummeroy 1878
Location unknown

This print, based on a mural in the Palace of Westminster, London, was donated with * Sharpe after Maclise Death of Nelson {1878} Loc? [PR], its pair: see that entry for further details and a reproduction (of another impression).

Stocks was a prolific reproductive engraver over a long career; he was elected to the Royal Academy in 1871.

For other pre-Felton images of the heroes of Waterloo, see Unknown after Dawe Duke of Wellington 1842 {1875} NGV [PR], * Unknown (19C British?) Duke of Wellington {1897} Loc? [PA] and  * Unknown Marshal Blucher {1871} Loc? [PR].

Refs.

NGV 1894, p.106 (V.Buvelot Gallery, 2^nd bay, no.10); not listed in NGV 1905

For further details, see entry on Sharpe’s print (as noted). For Stocks, see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumb_Stocks