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Captain Sir William Peel RN, VC, KCB with men of the 53rd Regiment, and the Naval Brigade of HMS Shannon at the attack on Khudjwah, 21st September 1857
mezzotint, engraving
Accession Number

NAM.1978-01-13-1

Description

Captain Sir William Peel RN, VC, KCB with men of the 53rd Regiment, and the Naval Brigade of HMS Shannon at the attack on Khudjwah, 21st September 1857. Mezzotint by J Chant, after artist John Lucas, published by Henry Graves and Co, 2 Jul 1860. Associated with the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). Captain Sir William Peel had first distinguished himself fighting the Russians in the Crimean War (1854-1856) during which he won the Victoria Cross. During the India Mutiny (1857-1859) the heavy guns of Peel’s Naval Brigade, made up of sailors from the steam frigate HMS Shannon, played an important part in the capture of Lucknow. Peel was badly injured by a musket ball during the taking of the city and died later the same year of smallpox.

Campaigns

Indian Mutiny (1857-1859)