Online Collection

The Online Collection showcases a selection of our objects for you to discover and explore. This resource will grow as the Museum's Collection is catalogued and computerised, and as new acquisitions are added.

« New search

« Prev - 1 of 1 results - Next »

Additional Images

'Bersaglieri, drawn from nature, wearing the grey capote which they adopted for the Crimea'

Watercolour by Colonel (later General Sir) The Honourable George Cadogan (1814-1880), 1st (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards.

The Bersaglieri (or marksmen) were created by General Alessandro La Marmora of the Piedmont-Sardinian Army in 1836. They were highly trained, quick-moving light infantry who fought independently or as skirmishers, much like the British Army's riflemen. The Bersaglieri fought with great distinction at the Battle of the Tchernaya on 16 August 1855.

From an album of paintings and sketches (with some paper ephemera) known as 'Cadogan's Crimea', 1854-1856.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1998-06-128--14

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1998-06-128--14