33: A New Waterloo

"Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to; Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you": This week, we're discussing the Battle of Waterloo, the subject of ABBA's 1974 Eurovision hit! While ABBA may be responsible for introducing Waterloo to many of us, they're not the first artists to use the battle as creative material. Between 1981 and 1983, John Brack depicted the battle on canvas in his appropriately named artwork, "The Battle". This week we confront Dad with Brack's slightly comic, historically accurate (sort of), and unexpected approach to history painting. Will Dad accept Brack's replacement of dashing officers with pens and pencils? And how has the genre of history painting adapted to the modern era? Find out in this episode! See images here!