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The Crimean War in historical military
prints of the Crimean war battles, Battle of Alma, Battle of Balaclava and
the Battle of Inkerman by Lady Butler.
BUTLER, Lady Elizabeth
Born Lausanne, Switzerland 1846; died Gormanston, Co.Meath 1933.
Elizabeth Thompson, later Lady Butler, was perhaps the leading painter of this genre of the late nineteenth century. Her famous quartet of paintings exhibited between 1874 and 1877 (Calling the Roll after and Engagement in the Crimea - Her Majesty the Queen; Quatre Bras - National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Balaclava - City of Manchester Art Gallery; and The Return from Inkerman - Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull) established her reputation but her subsequent works never quite achieved the fame of these earlier pictures, in spite of such dramatic scenes as Scotland for Ever! (Leeds City Art Gallery) and The Defence of Rorke's Drift (Her Majesty the Queen). She continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy until 1920 but with few exceptions, all her pictures had military themes particularly soldiers in battle. While she never witnessed actual warfare, although she was in Egypt for some years in the 1880's with her husband, Lieut. Gen. Sir William Butler, many of her pictures were drawn accurately using models in some cases, or observing soldiers on
maneuvers or practicing charges at Aldershot. For instance, when Queen Victoria commissioned the artist to depict the
defense of Rorke's Drift, Elizabeth Butler went down to Gosport where the 24th Regiment was billeted upon its return from Natal, and made sketches from life. The soldiers even re-enacted the battle in their original uniforms worn throughout the campaign.
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Scots Guards Saving the Colours at Alma by Lady Elizabeth Butler.
Depicting Captain Lindsay of the Scots Guards advancing with the colours which were shot through and staff broken. By this example he helped to restore order after a Russian onslaught had put the regiment in disorder.
Open edition print. Image size 30 inches x 19 inches (76cm x 48cm). Price £51.00
Open edition print. Image size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm). Price £43.00
**Open edition print. (Two copies reduced to clear) Image size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm). Price £30.00
ITEM CODE DHM0048
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The Roll Call by Lady Elizabeth Butler.
Grenadier Guards exhausted, standing in the snow after the battle, during the Crimean war awaiting the reading of the Roll Call. Published by Pompador Gallery in 1989, this print sold out at the publisher over ten years ago. We have only 40 prints remaining.
Open edition print. Image size 30 inches x 15 inches (76cm x 38cm). Price £68.00
Antique black and white Photogravure circa 1898. Size 15 inches x 25 inches (38cm x 64cm). Price £900.00
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00
ITEM CODE VAR0310
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Balaclava by Lady Elizabeth Butler.
The remnants of the Light Brigade (Hussars, Lancers, and Light Dragoons) returning from the disastrous charge during the Battle of Balaclava, 25th October 1854.
Open edition print. Image size 32 inches x 15 inches (81cm x 38cm). Price £42.00
Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 6 inches (31cm x 15cm). Price £14.00
Black and white photogravure, published 1911. One available. Image size 14 inches x 25 inches (36cm x 64cm). Price £900.00
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00
ITEM CODE DHM0068
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Return from Inkerman by Lady Elizabeth Butler.
A column of exhausted and wounded men of the Coldstream Guards and the 20th East Devonshire regiment returning from the heights of Inkerman, 5th November 1854, during the Crimean War.
Open edition print. Image size 30 inches x 15 inches (76cm x 38cm). Price £51.00
Open edition print. Image size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm). Price £33.50
Small number of giclee canvas prints available. Size 40 inches x 26 inches (102cm x 66cm). Price £600.00
Small number of giclee canvas prints available. Size 36 inches x 22 inches (91cm x 56cm). Price £450.00
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £
ITEM CODE DHM0002
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| Scots Guards Saving the Colours at Alma by Lady Butler
Depicting Captain Lindsay of the Scots Guards advancing with the
colours which were shot through and staff broken. By this example he
helped to restore order after a Russian onslaught had put the regiment in
disorder.
The Roll Call by Lady Butler
Grenadier Guards exhausted, standing in the snow after the battle,
during the Crimean war awaiting the reading of the Roll Call.
Balaclava by Lady Butler
The remnants of the Light Brigade (Hussars, Lancers, and Light Dragoons)
returning from the disastrous charge during the Battle of Balaclava, 25th
October 1854 Print from a coloured Photgravure (1911) with the Tennyson Poem
Charge of the light Brigade, under Title.
Return from Inkerman by lady Butler
A column of exhausted and wounded men of the Coldstream Guards and the
20th East Devonshire regiment returning from the heights of Inkerman, 5th
November 1854, during the Crimean War.
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The Roll Call by Lady Butler
Grenadier Guards exhausted, standing in the snow after the battle,
during the Crimean war awaiting the reading of the Roll Call.
Antique black and white Photogravure circa 1898, size 15" x
25", price £900 (export).
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