The battle resulted in a decisive victory for Allied forces led by the Duke of Wellington, effectively ending the rule of Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte over Spain.

[1] It is set in the early evening with French troops in disarray while British units including the Hussars, Guards and Rifles are shown in command of the field.

[2] George Jones was himself a veteran of the Peninsular War and went on to become an established artist and member of the Royal Academy.

These were hung together at St James's Palace in London along with De Loutherbourg's Glorious First of June and The Battle of Trafalgar by Jones' friend Turner.

[5] Jones was later commissioned to produce another version of the Battle of Vittoria by Earl of Egremont, whose son Henry Wyndham had served under Wellington during the campaign.