Fraternisation at Malta. Highlander and French Infantry soldier.

Watercolour by 2/Lt W T Markham (1830-1886), 2nd Bn, Rifle Brigade, 1854 (c).

A highlander in uniform holding up a wine glass in his right hand, his left hand rests on the shoulder of a soldier in French uniform, the French soldier appears to stagger forward slightly and holds a wine bottle in his left hand. 
From an album of watercolour paintings and sketches by Colonel William Markham, 1820 (c) and 2/Lt William Thomas Markham (1830-1886), 2nd Bn, Rifle Brigade, relating to the Crimean War (1854-1856), 1854 (c).