The soldier's grave

One of a pair of lithograph sentimental scenes by W. Clerk; woman kneeling at tombstone with daughter, son standing at right with father's sword and shako over shoulder, four line poem below image. [See: The Soldier's Safe Return.] One of a pair of lithograph sentimental scenes by W. Clerk; woman kneeling at tombstone with daughter, son standing at right with father's sword and shako over shoulder, four line poem below image. [See: The Soldier's Safe Return.] The engraving on the gravestone reads: Sacred to the memory of a brave soldier who fell at Waterloo, June 18, 1815. From a New Series of the Fly? N.Y., Rockman Prints, 1960.