'The British Army of 1856'

Colour lithograph by M and N Hanhart after William Sharpe, published by E Gambart and Company, 25 Berners St, Oxford Street, May 12 1856.

Twelve vignettes of British Army soldiers at the time of the Crimean War (1854-1856).

Top row (left to right): 'General'; 'Royal Artillery. Colonel'; 'Scots Fusilier Guards. Drum Major'; 'Royal Artillery. Captn & Adjutant'.

Middle row (left to right): 'Commissariat Officer' (seated on a crate inscribed 'H.M. Commissariat. Balaclava'; 'Staff Officer'; 'Officer of Infantry. Canadian Winter Dress'; 'Royal Engineers. Officer'.

Bottom row (left to right): '8th Hussars. Private'; '71st Highland Lt Infantry. Officer'; 'Artillery Turkish Contingent. Captain'; '11th Hussars. Private'.