Regency Portraits Catalogue

Sir Frederick Adam (1781-1853), General

General; brigade commander at Waterloo where his cavalry charge disarrayed the Imperial Guard and vitally influenced the course of the battle.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.