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Mangles, an Assistant Magistrate at Patna, is depicted carrying Richard Taylor, a wounded soldier of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment on his back, following an ambush in the relief of Arrah during the Indian Mutiny (1857–1859). Mangles had volunteered his services to assist the relieving force and, when it came under attack on the night of 29 July 1857, despite his own wounds and lack of food and sleep, he carried the soldier out of the action for some five miles, even swimming across a small river to bring a boat back in which to transport him to safety. It has been suggested that in order to emphasise the heroism of the deed the artist has drawn on the traditional iconographical image of St Christopher.

National Army Museum

London

Title

Ross Lewis Mangles (1833–1905), Bengal Civil Service, Winning the Victoria Cross Saving a Wounded Soldier of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment During the Indian Mutiny, 1857

Date

1859–1862

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 233 x W 143 cm

Accession number

NAM. 1958-12-47

Acquisition method

gift from Wantage Urban District Council, 1958

Work type

Painting

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Artist or maker

Louis William Desanges

1822–1906

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