'A dead Zouave inside the Malakoff', 1855

Watercolour by Colonel (later General Sir) The Hon George Cadogan (1814-1880).

The Malakhov (or Malakoff) was one of the key Russian defences at Sevastopol during the Crimean War (1854-1856). A cornerstone of Lieutenant-General Eduard Totleben's intricate defensive system, its stone tower rested on earthworks and there were artillery batteries on either side, linked up to trenches and firing points. The French successfully assaulted the Malakhov on 8 September 1855, an act that marked the effective end of the siege.

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.