You may already recognise the similarity in the image(s) to the left before even reading this text...

I was thumbing through a copy of Osprey's Essential Histories No. 9 "The Napoleonic Wars: The Empires Fight Back (1808-1812)" when I stumbled across this painting depicting Marshal Ney's rear-guard defence during the Grand Armee's Retreat from Moscow.

Several of the images/poses in the painting seemed very familiar to me. After about half an hour wracking my brains trying to think where I'd seen them before, I had a 'eureka' moment that made me seek out the Super Action Transfers 'Retreat From Moscow' set and determine which poses were in direct 'homage' to the picture shown left. There may be additional poses to those shown as the painting itself may be but a portion of a larger scene.

The similarity is too close for a mere coincidence, showing that the original artist used this very picture for some authentic reference material. Interesting to get a glimpse of how much effort and research must have gone into making the historic sets look and feel authentic.