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Image Title: A Christmas Dinner On The Heights Before Sebastopol, 1855

Creator: Day & Son.,

Date: 1855 May 22nd

Summary: Print shows (from left) Capn. Sir Charles Russell, Bart, Capn. Charles Turner, Capn. Alexander Viscount Balgonie, Capn. Fredk. Bathurst, Capn. Burnaby, Lieut. Colonel Charles Lindsay, Col. Fredk. Wm. Hamilton, Lieut. Col. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Capn. George Higginson, Lieut. Robert Wm. Hamilton, Capn. H.W. Verschoyle, and Capn. Sir James Fergusson, Bart seated around a table in a tent, enjoying a Christmas dinner.

Notes: Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson. First series. London : Published by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., publishers to Her Majesty, 13 & 14 Pall Mall East ; Paris : Goupil & Cie., 1855, [plate 30].

Related Names: Simpson, William, 1823-1899

Subjects: Bathurst, Fredk. Thomas Arthur Hervey--Military service
Burnaby, Edwyn Sherard,--1830-1883--Military service
Crimean War, 1853-1856--Military life
Eating & drinking--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860
Edward,--Prince of Saxe-Weimar,--1832-1902--Military service
Great Britain.--Army.--Grenadier Guards--People--1850-1860
Holidays--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860
Leslie-Melville, Alexander,--1831?-1857--Military service
Military officers--British--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860
Verschoyle, Henry William--Military service

Original Media: Lithograph

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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