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Lieutenant Thomas Adair Butler, 1st Bengal European Fusiliers, winning the VC at Lucknow, 9 March 1858

Oil on canvas by Louis William Desanges, 1860 (c).

Butler (1836-1901) won the Victoria Cross (VC) during the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). According to Major-General Sir James Outram's Memorandum in the Governor General's Gazette Extraordinary, Monday 5 April, 1858, Lieutenant Thomas Butler 'swam across the River Goomtee, at Lucknow, and climbing the parapet, remained in that position for a considerable time, under a heavy fire of musketry, until the work was occupied, 9th March 1858'.

This painting is one of a series of 55 depicting Victoria Cross subjects executed between 1859 and 1862 by the British artist Louis Desanges, and displayed at the Crystal Palace during the 1860s and 1870s.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1958-12-55-1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study Collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1958-12-55-1

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