NAM.1962-10-25-1

Battle of Kooshab, 1857. Photogravure by Hugh West of Cobham after the oil painting by Louis William Desanges, originally in the possession of Charles Combe (who participated in the charge), and annotated by him. Shows 2nd Sqn 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry breaking the square of the Shah’s Guards at the Battle of Koosh-ab, Persian War 1856-1857. The original painting is thought to have been lost in the fire at Combe’s family seat, Cobham Park, in the 1870s.

Koosh-ab, Battle of, 1858 (Persian War 1856-1857)