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"Steady, The Drums and Fifes!"
Battle of Albuera, 16 May 1811, one of
the bloodiest of the Peninsula War
From the painting
by Lady Butler
"To stand under fire, still and motionless, is a supreme act of the will."
Cardinal Manning
Original Handcoloured Photogravure.
Published, Goupil & Co. London & Paris 1916. Fine
creases throughout.
15 3/4 x 24" excluding letters.
(Ref.LRA1127 /ALN/v. annr>GOL) |
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" ... The man has come back to tell of a powerful army bloted out. of the shame and humiliation of a great people" Archbishop of York 1879
Dr. Brydon, the sole survivor of 16,000 of the British forces, arriving exausted at the gates of Jellalabad, January 13th, 1842
after the original painting by Lady Butler.
Hand coloured lithograph after the mixed media engraving by J.J. Chant by permission of Fine Art Society London. 1890
14 x 24 3/4 " excluding letters.
(Ref.LRA2040 /ANN/o. anng> S0L)
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