drawing;
print study
- Museum number
- 1935,0306.6
- Description
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The Funeral Cortege of Lord Raglan leaving head-quarters; the coffin carried on a carriage, drawn by horses, soldiers on horseback following behind, others lining the route, a house amid trees on the opposite side of the road
Watercolour, with pen and brown ink
- Production date
- 1823-1899
- Dimensions
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Height: 108 millimetres
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Width: 179 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Lithographed by T Picken in George Brackenbury's 'The Campaign in the Crimea', Series 2, pl 5, p 88.
This is one of eight original watercolours by William Simpson in the British Museum’s collection depicting the Crimean War. For the other works from this series, see reg. nos. 1935,0306.1 to 8, and for more information on Simpson’s work in the Crimea, see reg. no. 1971,0515.10.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
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Associated Event: Crimean War 1853-1856
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Associated Event: Funeral of Lord Raglan
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Campaign in the Crimea
- Acquisition date
- 1935
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
Correspondance from Stanley Gardiner received by the Department of Prints & Drawings in March 1935 records that he bought these drawings some time in the early 1930s (q.v.) at an auction of Churchyard's effects in Woodbridge.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1935,0306.6
