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Imaginary incident involving a Highland soldier, by François Delarue

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Imaginary incident involving a Highland soldier, by François Delarue

Coloured lithograph of 'An Episode from the Battle of Inkerman' by François Delarue. The Highlander is protecting a fallen Frenchman.

The Highland Brigade was not involved at the Battle of Inkerman but this illustration is a product of the French tendency to use the figure of the kilted Highland soldier as representing the British Army.

The Battle of Inkerman was a major battle of the Crimean War, taking place on 5 November 1854, between the Russians and the British and French. Thanks largely to the arrival of French reinforcements, the Russians suffered a heavy defeat in the dense fog.


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Online ID: 000-000-100-260-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0207: The Thistle at War
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  M.1949.557
Date: 1854
Material: Paper
Dimensions: 460 mm H x 360 mm W
What: Print / lithograph
Subject: Prints
Who: Francois Delarue (artist)
Where:
Event: Battle of Inkermann
Description: Coloured lithograph entitled 'Episode from The Battle of Inkerman', 5 November 1854, by François Delarue.
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 Auld Alliance: Scotland and France, the military connection Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1989 
  • Wood, Stephen The Scottish soldier. Manchester: Archive Publications in association with the National Museums of Scotland, 1987 
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