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CAMPAGNE DE CRIMEE LEFT ATTACK, (battle of Alma, 20th of Sept.br 1854 2 1/2 o'cl.P.M.) The Scotch batalions [sic] rush on the Russian batteries.
lithograph, print
Accession Number

NAM.2002-10-138-1

Description

CAMPAGNE DE CRIMEE LEFT ATTACK, (battle of Alma, 20th of Sept.br 1854 21/2 o'cl.P.M.) The Scotch batalions [sic] rush on the Russian batteries. Uncoloured lithograph by Jacomme and Company after Eugene-Charles-Francois Guerard. Published by Goupil and Company, Paris, London, Berlin and New York, 1855 (c). Depicts the Highland Brigade in hand to hand combat with the Russian Army amongst the enemy guns. Associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856). Inscribed as title. The title in French is a slight variant on that in English, 'ATTAQUE DE GAUCHE (bataille d'Alma, 20 7bre 1854, 2h 1/2 ) / Les Ecossais, suivant leur heroique tradition, ont monte sur les pieces ennemies, l'arme au bras.'

Events

Alma, Battle of the, 1854 (Crimean War 1854-1856)