‘A Lark with the Rangers’
lithograph, print
Accession Number

NAM.1965-04-34-21

Description

‘A Lark with the Rangers’. Lithograph by an unknown artist, Feb 1848. Inscribed: ‘Captain E H Maxwell’s mare ‘Light o’ Love’ mourned by the Bayley ... actually jumped across the mess table - good four feet and a half - without a touch ... the original sketch of this picture was recovered after the Mutiny in India in the house of a native merchant at Cawnpore and was photographed by Capt Hawkes, 36th Regiment’ Associated with the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers).

Campaigns

Indian Mutiny (1857-1859)