Wellington and Blucher meeting after the Battle of Waterloo

A piece of Victorian ephemera and decoration, called a Stevengraph.

The creation of Stevengraphs came about after the decline in the textile weaving industry; in an attempt to revive the trade. Coventry weaver Thomas Stevens adapted the Jacquard loom to weave a wide variety of decorative ornamental pieces; in the form of bookmarks, pictures, fans and small textiles. His invention was later displayed at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1868.

This Stevengraph of Wellington and Blucher depicts part of a fuller scene painted by Daniel Maclise (1806-1870) in 1861, of the same name.