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Artist: Henry Nelson O'Neil (1817 - 1880)
Location: National Army Museum
Date: 1860
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 91 x 71 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £15,000 (Total: £30,000)
Vendor: Albion Fine Art
Review number: 3407 (1989)
Description:
This work shows soldiers disembarking from a troopship, having returned from active service during the Indian Mutiny. Among the troops are a junior officer of a line infantry regiment standing on the quayside, an In-Pensioner of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, and a wounded NCO wearing the Kilmarnock pork pie cap with the white Havelock cover distinctive to the Mutiny campaign.
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