Este cuadro se supone que está recreado en ese baile:
"The Black Brunswicker"
- This suggests that the scene is inspired by the Duchess of Richmond's ball on 15 June 1815, from which the officers departed to join troops at the Battle of Quatre Bras
John Everett Millais
Como el nombre indica, el soldado pertenece a los
'Black Brunswickers'
The Brunswicker Ducal Corps, in German: Herzoglich Braunschweigisches Korps, commonly known as the Black Brunswickers in English and the Schwarze Schar ("Black Troop", also translated as "Black Horde" or "Black Host") or Schwarze Legion ("Black Legion") in German were a military unit in the Napoleonic Wars. The corps was raised from volunteers by German-born Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771–1815) . The Duke was a harsh opponent of Napoleon Bonaparte's occupation of his native Germany. Formed in 1809 when war broke out between the First French Empire and the Austrian Empire, the corps initially comprised a mixed force, around 2,300 strong, of infantry, cavalry and later supporting artillery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Brunswickers
La
Braunschweiger Totenkopf se seguiría usando hasta la IIª GM cargándose de infamia.
