'A Forage Fatigue 'Bono Johnny'

Watercolour by 2nd Lieutenant William Thomas Markham (1830-1886), 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade, 1854 (c).

During the Crimean War (1854-1856) Markham fought at the Battle of the Alma, the Siege of Sevastopol and with the expedition to Kertch. He also served as an aide-de-camp to General Sir George Brown, commander of the Light Division. During his service in the east Markham painted a series of watercolours showing camp scenes and the daily life of the soldiers stationed in the Crimea. In later life he was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Leeds Rifle Militia.

From an album of watercolours and sketches by Colonel William Markham, 1820 (c) and Second Lieutenant William Thomas Markham, 1854 (c).

Purchased with the assistance of the Society of Friends of the National Army Museum.