Jehourouk Oglu Jougouse or the Wolf 4th October 1855

Watercolour by William Simpson (1823-1899), 1857.

A half-length figure in Circassian costume, with ammunition belts, knives and a fur hat.

After resigning as Secretary of State for War upon the downfall of Lord Aberdeen's government in January 1855, Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, Fifth Duke of Newcastle (1811-1864), travelled to the Black Sea and the Crimea to see for himself the condition of the Army and the nature of the terrain. In the autumn of 1855 he journeyed to Circassia in the north-east Caucasus. During the latter trip he was accompanied by Simpson who sketched and painted many of the people and places the Duke visited.