Picton's tree is believed to be close to the fatal spot where lt general picton was shot dead on 18 june 1815, a tree that emerged from the bloody fight trimmed to its trunk and a few branches, a tree that didn't survive the battle long: in the 1840's, it was depicted as a dead trunck. It would have stood inside today's small unkept grove to the north of the hanoverian monument and to the east of the n. 5 road, at about (50. 6795, 4. 4133). Picton's tree has long gone. Monuments shown, ca. 1840, from right to left:
built in 1817, the monument gordon: ►(file:monument_gordon_1815. Jpg),
built in 1818: the hanoverian memorial ►(file:18_june_1815_–_victory_at_waterloo_–_hanoverian_monument,_the_south_face. Jpg), and
built from 1823 to 1826: the lion's mound': ►(file:18_june_1815_–_victory_at_waterloo,_memorial. Jpg). The scene depicts tourists, called pilgrims at that time, visiting the battlefield of waterloo. A slightly less finely defined version, by h. Gérard (fl. 1835 – 1861), ►(file:l'arbre_picton,_à_waterloo_(bm_1936,0421. 11). Jpg), reproduces the same scene where the visitors are distributed differently, an usual practice to meet different needs and tastes. Iconography: rijksmuseum, amsterdam (see source hereunder). Date: between 1830 and 1850.
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