Women taking leave of British soldiers about to depart on ship from England to India, 1857. Process print after Henry O'Neil.

  • O'Neil, Henry, 1817-1880.
Date:
21st February 1891
Reference:
27123i
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Women taking leave of British soldiers about to depart on ship from England to India, 1857. Process print after Henry O'Neil. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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"'Eastward Ho! August 1857' (exh. RA 1858; priv. col.) depicts soldiers leaving their families to quell the Indian Mutiny. The subject’s popularity rested in its contemporaneity, its appeal to patriotic fervour in the wake of the Crimean War, and its focus on the domestic side of military life. O'Neil made several replicas of the painting, which was also widely disseminated through engravings and was adapted as a theatrical tableau"--Grove dictionary of art

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Glasgow : MacLure, MacDonald & Co. ; Glasgow : Glasgow Weekly Herald, 21st February 1891.

Physical description

1 print : process print ; image 38.6 x 30.2 cm

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Eastward ho! From a painting by Henry O'Neil A.R.A.

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Wellcome Collection 27123i

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