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Study of a Wounded Guardsman, Crimea, c.1854 (verso)

Elizabeth Southerden Thompson Butler (1846–1933)

National Army Museum

Study of a Wounded Guardsman, Crimea, c.1854

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This soldier with his head bandaged is a preliminary study for the key figure standing in the centre of Thompson’s famous painting, ‘The Roll Call’, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1874 and subsequently acquired by Queen Victoria. The muster of soldiers depicted in ‘The Roll Call’ was not linked by the artist to a particular action, rather it was intended to give a prime example of the gruelling conditions in which the Army lived during the Crimean War (1854–1856).

The painting is double-sided, with 'Study of a British Soldier with Two Camels, Camel Corps, Egypt, 1st Sudan War' verso.

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Title

Study of a Wounded Guardsman, Crimea, c.1854

Date

c.1874

Medium

oil on board

Measurements

H 21.8 x W 12.7 cm

Accession number

NAM. 1963-11-194-1

Acquisition method

gift from Lieutenant Colonel P. R. Butler, 1963

Work type

Painting

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Elizabeth Southerden Thompson Butler

1846–1933

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