'March on the Alma', 1854

Watercolour by Colonel (later General Sir) The Honourable George Cadogan (1814-1880), 1855 (c).

A scene from the Crimean War (1854-1856) showing Foot Guards on the advance to the River Alma in 1854. The officer in the foreground is Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach who served with the Grenadier Guards and saw action at the Battles of the Alma, Balaklava and Inkerman.

From an album of paintings and sketches (with some paper ephemera) of Colonel (later General Sir) The Honourable George Cadogan, 1st (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards; also known as 'Cadogan's Crimea', 1854-1856.