About this image...

Image Title: A Quiet Day In The Diamond Battery - Portrait Of A Lancaster 68 Pounder, 15th Decr. 1854

Creator: Day & Son.,

Date: 1855 Feby. 5th

Summary: Print shows a large Lancaster cannon in a British artillery battery.

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 10].

Related Names: Simpson, William, 1823-1899

Subjects: Batteries (Weaponry)--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860
Cannons--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860
Crimean War, 1853-1856--Military facilities--British
Soldiers--British--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860

Original Media: Lithograph

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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