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Captain C J S Gough, 5th Bengal European Cavalry winning the VC at Khurkowdah, Indian Mutiny, 15th August 1857
oil on canvas, oil painting
Accession Number

NAM.1958-12-43-1

Description

Captain Charles John Stanley Gough (1832-1912), 5th [Bengal] European Cavalry winning the VC at Khurkowhah, Indian Mutiny, 15 August 1857. Oil on canvas, by Louis William Desanges (1822-1906), 1860 (c). The dates of the acts of bravery for which Charles Gough was awarded the Victoria Cross were 15 and 18 August 1857, and 27 January and 28 February 1858. This included saving the life of his brother Hugh on 15 August 1857 at Khurkowdah near Rhotuck and on another occasion he rescued Major O H St John. This painting is one of a series of 55 depicting Victoria Cross subjects executed between 1859 and 1862 by the British artist Louis Desanges, and displayed at the Crystal Palace during the 1860s and 1870s. By 1900, 46 of them had been purchased and donated by Lord Wantage to Wantage Urban District Council, where they were displayed in the Victoria Cross Gallery. Associated with the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859).

Campaigns

Indian Mutiny (1857-1859)

Associated collection