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Half-length portrait of the long white bearded Chelsea Pensioner, Corporal Gascoyne, seated wearing a scarlet coat with Khedive's star and medal and tricorne hat looking to his left, with his left hand on top of a walking stick. In 1882, Mohammed Ahmed who called himself the 'Mahdi' exhorted true believers to join in a holy war against foreign control of the Sudan. Thousands of Dervishes joined his cause and in 1883, at El Obeid, destroyed 11,000 British and Egyptian soldiers sent to put down the revolt. Britain decided to withdraw from the Sudan and General Gordon was appointed to supervise the evacuation. He arrived in Khartoum in 1884 but strengthened the defences and sent for reinforcements instead. In 1885, the Mahdi took Khartoum and Gordon was killed.
The Royal Hospital Chelsea
London
Title
Chelsea Pensioner, Corporal Gascoyne
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 87 x W 70 cm
Accession number
205
Work type
Painting
