The Field of Inkerman, 17 October 1854

Watercolour by William Simpson (1823-1899). Reproduced as Plate 5 in Simpson's 'Seat of War in the East', First Series, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, London, 1855.

This landscape depicts a group of French Zouaves in the left foreground and a Zouave encampment to the left. The Zouaves were originally recruited from Arab tribes in French North Africa but by the time of the Crimean War (1854-1856) were a purely French body. They nevertheless retained North African style uniform with baggy trousers, white canvas leggings, short vest and jacket and fez.