Eight Battle Scenes of the Marlborough House Murals: The Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Blenheim: The Surrender of Maréchal Tallard
Louis Laguerre (Versailles 1663 - London 1721)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1704 - 1721
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
775 x 1422 mm (30 1/2 x 56 in)
Order this imageCollection
Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 1176007
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Eight Battle Scenes of the Marlborough House Murals: The Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Blenheim: The Surrender of Maréchal Tallard by Louis Laguerre (Paris 1663 - London 1721). One of a series of eight battle scenes after the Marlborough House murals, showing the Duke of Marlborough surveying the field of battle.
Provenance
Commissioned by Brigadier-General the Hon. Thomas Paget; first recorded in the Gallery at Beaudesert in 'Neale’s Seats' in 1821
Makers and roles
Louis Laguerre (Versailles 1663 - London 1721), artist