M. Jazet has here attempted to produce a picture which shall revive all
the recollections of that remarkable period, when the extraordinary
career of Napoleon spread terror wherever his name and deeds were heard
of. He has represented an old soldier fatigued and careworn, and has
made nature itself sympathize with his feelings. The sun is setting in
the west, his crimson rays dimmed by intervening clouds, while the scene
around is desolate and barren.
The picture was placed in the gallery of the Palais Royal, and those who
visit it readily enter into its spirit, seeing there depicted the end of
a grand epoch in the history of France.
[Illustration: A SOLDIER AT WATERLOO.]