statue, statue
Accession Number
NAM.1986-08-14-1
Description
Lieutenant Walter Hamilton VC (1856-1879) fighting an Afghan, a statue commemorating the defence of the British Embassy, Kabul, by soldiers of the Queen’s Own Corps of Guides Punjab Frontier Force, 1879. Plaster statue, by Charles Bell Birch (1832-1897), 1880 (c). Bronze-painted plaster, slightly over life-size pair of figures depicting Hamilton standing over the fallen Afghan warrior who brandishes a knife. Hamilton has a raised pistol in left hand and sword in right hand, bare-headed in service dress, the whole upon a square base. Associated with the Siege of Kabul, 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880).
Events
Kabul, Siege of, 1879 (2nd Afghan War 1878-1880)
Associated collection
