NAM.1972-07-6-50-1

Scene in the Café du Commerce Valletta. “Mourir pour la patrie” Malta 1854 Entente Cordiale. Watercolour and pencil, signed lower right 'H.J.W'. by Lt (later Col) Henry John Wilkinson (1829-1911) 1850-1855, 1st Bn 9th (The East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot, 1854. French and British officers toasting the prospect of success of their joint expedition to the east. During the nineteenth century, British-held Malta was an important staging-point for British forces in the Mediterranean. On this occasion, French troops were allowed to land on the island before trans-shipping to steam vessels for the remainder of their voyage to Turkey. Associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856).

Crimean War (1854-1856)