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Panorama of the Charge of the Light Brigade, the Battle of Balaclava, 1854
chromolithograph, print
Accession Number

NAM.2004-01-114-1

Description

Panorama of the Charge of the Light Brigade, the Battle of Balaclava, 1854. Chromolithograph by Val Rosa and Company, after T Poilpot and S Jacobs. Published by Val Rosa and Company, 1881. Capt Nolan falls from his horse to the left, while the cavalry charge the Russian guns in the centre. With the regiments and certain figures labelled in blue. In two parts, framed together. Brass plaque fixed to the frame records that the print was, 'PRESENTED TO THE SERGEANTS MESS/ 11TH HUSSARS P.A.O./ BY MAJOR GENERAL T.T. PITMAN, CB, CMG/ 20/12/31'. With a photo of Sgt Henry, 11th Hussars, a survivor of the charge pasted on the back of the print, visible through a window in the frame. Associated with Capt L E Nolan, Lord George Paget, Lord Cardigan, and Capt Morris. Relating to the 4th (The Queen's Own Light) Dragoons, the 13th (Light) Dragoons, the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars and the 17th Lancers. Associated with the Battle of Balaklava and the Charge of the Light Brigade, Crimean War (1854-1856).

Events

Balaklava, Battle of, 1854 (Crimean War, Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854 (Crimean War 1854-1856)

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