National Army Museum

Capture of the Maklakoff and Assault on the Great Redan

lithograph, tinted, print

Accession Number

NAM.2005-06-712-1

Description

Capture of the Maklakoff and Assault on the Great Redan. Tinted lithograph by and after Augustus Butler, published by Stannard and Dixon, 7 Poland Street, London, 11 October 1855. The title is also in French. Also published in France by F Sinnet, Paris. Associated with the Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean War (1854-1856). Inscription continues ‘showing the planting of the French Colours on the Malakoff and explosion of magazines; also the escalade of the Great Redan by the British Light Division led by Col Windham; also the Little Redan, the bridge of rafts by which the Russians retreated to the north side with Fort Constantine, Star Fort etc.’.

Events

Sevastopol, Siege of, 1854-55 (Crimean War 1854-1856)

Units

Light Division

French Army

People

Windham, Sir Charles Ash

Stannard and Dixon

Butler, Augustus

Dimensions

Width: 730 mm Text: 520 mm

Inscriptions

‘CAPTURE OF THE MALAKOFF AND ASSAULT OF THE GREAT REDAN’, Signed on the botton right: ‘A. Butler’ Inscription continues ‘showing the planting of the French Colours on the Malakoff and explosion of magazines; also the escalade of the Great Redan by the British Light Division led by Col Windham; also the Little Redan, the bridge of rafts by which the Russians retreated to the north side with Fort Constantine, Star Fort etc.’