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Lithograph of 'The Thin Red Line', by Robert Gibb
Coloured lithograph showing the 93rd (Highland) Regiment, entitled 'The Thin Red Line' by Robert Gibb, 1881. Printed by the magazine, 'Black and White'.
Following their conduct at the Battle of Balaklava in 1854, during the Crimean War, the 93rd (Highland) Regiment were described by William Howard Russell from The Times as 'a thin red streak tipped with a line of steel'. This was subsequently and persistently misquoted as 'the thin red line'.
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000-000-100-265-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0207: The Thistle at War
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National Museums Scotland M.1950.939 |
Date: |
1854 1881
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Paper
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Print / lithograph
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Prints
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Who: |
Robert Gibb (delineator)
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Battle of Balaklava
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Description: |
Coloured lithograph entitled 'The Thin Red Line", by Robert Gibb, 1881, and published in 'Black and White' magazine.
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References: |
- McCorry, Helen (ed.) The thistle at war: an anthology of the Scottish experience of war, in the services and at home. Edinburgh, NMS, 1997
- Wood, Stephen The Scottish soldier. Manchester: Archive Publications in association with the National Museums of Scotland, 1987
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