Crimean War Collection (page 5)

The Peace Illuminations - The National Gallery, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Illuminations - The National Gallery, 1856. London celebrations to mark the end of the Crimean War. It was necessary that the people should share, or appear to share

Peace Commemoration, 1814 - Chinese Pagoda and Bridge, in St. James's-Park, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Peace Commemoration, 1814 - Chinese Pagoda and Bridge, in St. James's-Park, [London], 1856. Commemoration of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, (18 October 1748)

The "Te Deum" for Peace, at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Moorfields, [London] - Cardinal Wiseman preaching before the Bishops, 1856. End of the Crimean War

The Peace Illuminations -The Green Park, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Illuminations -The Green Park, 1856. London celebrations to mark the end of the Crimean War. In a fit of old-boyish excitement...the old gentlemen of England determined to make the people

The Peace Illuminations - A Street Scene - drawn by George Thomas, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Illuminations - A Street Scene - drawn by George Thomas, 1856. Londoners celebrate the end of the Crimean War. It was necessary that the people should share, or appear to share

The Peace Rejoicings - Ringing the Bells, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Rejoicings - Ringing the Bells, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War. From "Illustrated London News", 1856

The Peace Illuminations - The East India House, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Illuminations - The East India House, 1856. London celebrations to mark the end of the Crimean War. In a fit of old-boyish excitement...the old gentlemen of England determined to make

The Peace Rejoicings - Hoisting the Royal Standard at the Tower of London, 1856. Creator: W Thomas
The Peace Rejoicings - Hoisting the Royal Standard at the Tower of London, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War. From "Illustrated London News", 1856

The Peace Illuminations - the General Post-Office, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Illuminations - the General Post-Office, 1856. London celebrations to mark the end of the Crimean War. It was necessary that the people should share, or appear to share

The Peace Illuminations - the Royal Exchange, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Illuminations - the Royal Exchange, 1856. London celebrations to mark the end of the Crimean War. In a fit of old-boyish excitement...the old gentlemen of England determined to make

The Peace Illuminations - Waterloo-Place, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Illuminations - Waterloo-Place, 1856. London celebrations to mark the end of the Crimean War. It was necessary that the people should share, or appear to share

The Peace Illuminations - the Horse Guards, Whitehall Front, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Illuminations - the Horse Guards, Whitehall Front, 1856. London celebrations to mark the end of the Crimean War

The Peace Illuminations - the Admiralty, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Illuminations - the Admiralty, 1856. London celebrations to mark the end of the Crimean War. It was necessary that the people should share, or appear to share

The Peace Illuminations - the Ordnance Office, Pall-Mall, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Illuminations - the Ordnance Office, Pall-Mall, 1856. London celebrations to mark the end of the Crimean War. In a fit of old-boyish excitement...the old gentlemen of England determined to

Angel of the Scutari Monument, by Marochetti, at the Crystal Palace, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Angel of the Scutari Monument, by Marochetti, at the Crystal Palace, 1856. Detail from a model of the Scutari Monument, designed by Baron Marochetti

Inauguration of the Peace Trophy and Scutari Monument at the Crystal Palace, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Inauguration of the Peace Trophy and Scutari Monument at the Crystal Palace, [Sydenham], 1856. Queen Victoria unveils sculptures...designed by Baron Marochetti...the veil on the south side of

Return of the Army Works Corps from the Crimea, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Return of the Army Works Corps from the Crimea, 1856. Mechanics and labourers at Waterloo Station in London. The Army Works Corps...originated in a suggestion made by Sir Joseph Paxton

The Reading of the Royal Proclamation of Peace and for a Day of Thanksgiving, at Edinburgh, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Reading of the Royal Proclamation of Peace and for a Day of Thanksgiving, at Edinburgh, 1856. Ceremony to mark the end of the Crimean War

The Reading of the Royal Proclamation of Peace at Dublin, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Reading of the Royal Proclamation of Peace at Dublin, [Ireland], 1856. Ceremony to mark the end of the Crimean War. The proclamation was read at Dublin Castle and at the Mansion House

General Mouravieff, the Captor of Kars (from a photograph by Weingartner, of Moscow), 1856. Creator: Unknown
General Mouravieff, the Captor of Kars (from a photograph by Weingartner, of Moscow), 1856. Russian officer who fought against the British in the Crimean War

Proclamation of Peace at Trafalgar-Square, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Proclamation of Peace at Trafalgar-Square, 1856. Crowds in London at an official ceremony to mark the end of the Crimean War

Monument to Captain Butler, and his Two Brothers, at Thomastown, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Monument to Captain Butler, and his Two Brothers, at Thomastown, 1856. Marble monument to officers of the British Army who died during the Crimean War, ...in the parish church of Thomas-town

Memorial erected at Maidstone, to the memory of the brave Captain Nolan, who fell at Balaclava, 1856 Creator: Unknown
Memorial erected at Maidstone, to the memory of the brave Captain Nolan, who fell at Balaclava, 1856. British officer who died in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War

The Spring-Meeting before Sebastopol - the First [Jump?], Second Race, 1856 Creator: Unknown
The Spring-Meeting before Sebastopol - the First [Jump?], Second Race, 1856. Crimean War: off-duty soldiers organise their own entertainment

The Batte of the Alma - painted by Horace Vernet, 1856. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
The Batte of the Alma - painted by Horace Vernet, 1856. Crimean War scene:..a Zouave and a Highlander, both wounded, and trudging away from the fight, evidently savage that they are disabled

Sitting of the Crimean Board of Inquiry, in the Hall of Chelsea Hospital, 1856. Creator: Smyth
Sitting of the Crimean Board of Inquiry, in the Hall of Chelsea Hospital, [London], 1856. Military investigation into the actions of certain British officers during the Crimean War

Large Mortar, cast at the Vauxhall Foundry, Liverpool, 1856. Creator: Ebenezer Landells
Large Mortar, cast at the Vauxhall Foundry, Liverpool, 1856. This immense mortar was cast at the works of Messrs. George Forrester

The Crimean Inquiry - Examination of the Earl of Lucan, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Crimean Inquiry - Examination of the Earl of Lucan, 1856. The Board of Inquiry, which was intended to whitewash the Crimean incapables

Presentation of a Sword to Major Hibbert, at Macclesfield, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Presentation of a Sword to Major Hibbert, at Macclesfield, 1856. The sword is described in the Macclesfield Courier as "a splendid specimen of the cutler's art." The blade is richly

The Gun-Boat Flotilla off Portland - sketched by Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Gun-Boat Flotilla off Portland - sketched by Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly, 1856....the Squadron...from a Sketch...by Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly, now in command of H.M

Crimean Heroes and Trophies, at Woolwich - from a photograph by J. Cundall and R. Howlett, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Crimean Heroes and Trophies, at Woolwich - from a photograph by J. Cundall and R. Howlett, 1856....Company Sergeant Christy (sitting), and Sergeant Samuel McGifford, both of the 4th Battalion

Balaclava - from a photograph by Robertson, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Balaclava - from a photograph by Robertson, 1856. Scene from the Crimean War. The entrance to Balaclava Harbour is two cables length, or four hundred yards

Allied Naval Commanders in the Baltic and Black Seas, 1856. Creator: W Thomas
Allied Naval Commanders in the Baltic and Black Seas, 1856. Officers of the Anglo-French Alliance in the Crimean War. Hon. Sir R. S. Dundas, Sir C. Napier, Sir E. Lyons, J. W

Interior of the Monastery of St. George, Balaclava, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Interior of the Monastery of St. George, Balaclava, 1856. This antiquarian nook of the Chersonese has been frequently described of late, in letters from the seat of war in the Crimea. Mr

Captain Glasse, and his Chief Engineer, H.M.S. "Vulture", superintending the repairs of the Mortars Creator
Captain Glasse, and his Chief Engineer, H.M.S. "Vulture", superintending the repairs of the Mortars during the Bombardment of Sveaborg - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1856

Captain Hewlett, C.B. of H.M.S. "Edinburgh", directing the movements of the "Snapper" and "Stork" Gun-Boats at a Russian Three-Decker between Gustafsvern

The Attack on Sveaborg, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Attack on Sveaborg, 1856. Incident during the Crimean War; Russian-held town [now part of Helsinki, Finland] comes under fire from the French-English-Ottoman alliance

Peace Supplement, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Peace Supplement, 1856. End of the Crimean War: allegorical figures of Peace holding a sheaf of wheat, and War with a flaming torch

Launch of H.M. Dispatch Gun-Boat "Vigilant", at Messrs. Mare and Co.'s, Blackwall, 1856. Vessel...of 670 tons burden, 180 feet in length, 28 feet beam

H.M.S. "Colossus", with the Gun-Boat Flotilla, leaving the Motherbank for Portland, 1856. Creator: Smyth
H.M.S. "Colossus", with the Gun-Boat Flotilla, leaving the Motherbank for Portland, 1856. Warships of the Royal Navy off the coast at Portsmouth:..the Colossus, 81 guns, Captain the Hon

Reading the News of the Peace, at the Mansion-House, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Reading the News of the Peace, at the Mansion-House, 1856. End of the Crimean War announced by the Lord Mayor of London: "...a despatch has been this morning received from the Earl of Clarenden

Firing of the Tower Guns [after peace is declared], 1856. Creator: Unknown
Firing of the Tower Guns [after peace is declared], 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War at the Tower of London:..intelligence reached London that an hour before the anxious work of

Firing of the Park Guns [after peace is declared], 1856. Creator: Unknown
Firing of the Park Guns [after peace is declared], 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in St James's Park:..intelligence reached London that an hour before the anxious work of

H.M. New Dispatch Gun-Boat "Wanderer", 1856. Creator: Unknown. H.M
H.M. New Dispatch Gun-Boat "Wanderer", 1856. Crimean War: Royal Navy ship. This fine gun-boat, of a new class, has just been fitted out at the Chatham Dockyard

Baron von Manteuffel, Prussian Plenipotentiary at the Peace Conference, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Baron von Manteuffel, Prussian Plenipotentiary at the Peace Conference, 1856. At the eleventh hour Prussia has been invited to join the Peace Congress at Paris

"From Our Own Correspondent" - painted by W. Hemsley, 1856. Creator: Harvey Orrin Smith
"From Our Own Correspondent" - painted by W. Hemsley, 1856. Engraving of a painting in the Exhibition at the British Institution, ...suggested by the Crimean news

Review of the British-Italian Legion, at Novara, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Review of the British-Italian Legion, at Novara, 1856. This highly-efficient force is now composed of four regiments, each numbering one thousand and seventy strong; the entire nearly equipped

Officers and Privates of the Siege-Train (Royal Artillery) Passing Before the Queen, at Woolwich, 18 Creator: Unknown
Officers and Privates of the Siege-Train (Royal Artillery) Passing Before the Queen, at Woolwich, 1856. British troops returning from the Crimean War

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"The Crimean War: A Glimpse into the Valley of Death and Heroism" In the annals of history, one event stands out as a symbol of bravery and tragedy – the Charge of the Light Brigade. On that fateful day, 25th October 1854, amidst the chaos and carnage of war, a group of British cavalrymen rode valiantly towards their destiny at Balaclava. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders formed The Thin Red Line, an unwavering defense against enemy forces. Their resolute stance became legendary in this battle-scarred landscape. In Lord Alfred Tennyson's poem "Charge of the Light Brigade, " he immortalized their heroism for generations to come. As wood engravings from a bygone era depict, it was indeed a sight to behold – The Charge of the British Light Cavalry Brigade thundering across Balaklava. With courage in their hearts and swords raised high, they charged headlong into danger without hesitation or fear. The Valley of Death loomed before them like an abyss filled with uncertainty. Yet these brave soldiers pressed on relentlessly through its treacherous terrain. It was here that Florence Nightingale emerged as a beacon of hope amidst despair; her lamp guiding injured soldiers towards salvation. Maps from 1855 reveal the vast theater where this conflict unfolded – Crimea became synonymous with bloodshed and sacrifice. Artists like Hayes captured poignant moments such as The Charge during Battle at Balaclava - horses galloping fiercely while bullets whizzed past them. Amongst all this chaos stood The Black Watch - Forward. The 42nd. They fought gallantly at Alma, etching their name in history alongside other heroes who faced death with unwavering resolve. The Crimean War left an indelible mark on humanity's collective memory - tales abound about valor displayed under impossible circumstances.