NAM.1992-01-118-1

Interior of Lord Raglan's Headquarters. A Council of War, 1855. Watercolour, signed and dated lower left ‘Wm Simpson/ 1855’, by William Simpson (1823-1899), 1855, reproduced as plate eight in Simpson’s ‘Seat of War in the East’, second series, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, London, 1856. Associated with Crimean War (1854-1856). Seated in the centre of the scene is Lord Raglan, with the Turkish commander-in-chief, Omar Pasha, and his French counterpart, General Canrobert, to the left. The respective French and British naval commanders, Admirals Bruat and Sir Edmund Lyons, are pictured to the right. The setting, which the published description of the print after this watercolour describes as a ‘modest farm-house’, served as the British Headquarters for the duration of the conflict.

Crimean War (1854-1856)