[1] The concluding stage of the Belgian Revolution it was a major foreign policy boost for the new July Monarchy of Louis Philippe I.

To the left a group of soldiers drink and warm themselves by a fire while to the right a cantinière treats wounded troops.

[2] Vernet developed a reputation for depicting the battles of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras.

[3] At the time of the Belgian events portrayed the artist was serving as director of the French Academy in Rome before returning to France in 1834.

The work was commissioned by the French authorities to hang in the refurbished Palace of Versailles.