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Image Title: Charge Of The Light Cavalry Brigade, 25th Oct. 1854, Under Major General The Earl Of Cardigan, 1855

Creator: Day & Son.,

Date: 1855 March 1st

Summary: Print shows Lord Cardigan leading the charge of the light brigade toward Russian artillery on the left, in the foreground, Russian artillery fire on the left flank of the charging light brigade, as artillery on the hills in the background fire on the right flank; Russian cavalry wait in readiness to engage the British or to counterattack.

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 15.|Attached to the edge of the sheet is a printed "Key to the charge of the light..." which identifies Lord Cardigan leading the charge and many of the front line soldiers killed or wounded during the charge.

Related Names: Simpson, William, 1823-1899

Subjects: Artillery (Weaponry)--Russian--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860
Balaklava, Battle of, Balaklava, Ukraine, 1854
Cardigan, James Thomas Brudenell,--Earl of,--1797-1868--Military service
Cavalry--British--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860
Cavalry--Russian--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860
Crimean War, 1853-1856--Campaigns & battles

Original Media: Lithograph

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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