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Henry Nelson O'Neil (1817 - 1880)

National Army Museum

1860

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.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 91 x 71 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £15000 ( Total: £30,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1989
• Vendor: Albion Fine Art

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