Width: 615 mm Text: 300 mm

‘THIS STATUE OF LIEUT. WALTER RICHARD POLLOCK HAMILTON, V.C.,/ (QUEEN’S OWN) CORPS OF GUIDES,/ WAS PRESENTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ TO THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND ART, DUBLN,/ IN MEMORY OF THE HEROIC DEFENCE OF THE BRITISH EMBASSY AT KABUL,/ ON THE 3RD OF SEPTEMBER 1879/ THERE FELL WITH LIEUT HAMILTON, WHO WAS ONLY 23 YEARS OF AGE/ 75 MEN OF THE GUIDES CORPS WHO WERE UNDER HIS COMMAND;/ AND ON THE SAME DAY/ SIR LOUIS CAVAGNARI, K.C.B., C.S.I., HER MAJESTY’S ENVOY;/ SUREGON AMBROSE H.KELLY. OF THE CORPS OF GUIDES;/ & WILLIAM JENKYNS ESQR. C.S.C.I.E., SECRETARY TO THE EMBASSY./ C.C.BIRCH. A.R.A.I’.