'Himalayas', 1859 (c)

Pen and ink sketch by John North Crealock (1836-1895), 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot, 1859. From 'Central India 1859 Vol IX Rajpoota. Himalayas Wanderings in the East', a sketchbook of watercolours, pen and ink and pencil drawings.

A mounted officer riding up a rocky incline.

Crealock was commissioned into the 95th Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) in 1854. Crealock's regiment was serving at the Cape of Good Hope when the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859) began. It was immediately sent to India where it joined Sir Hugh Rose's Central India field force. The 95th marched 3,000 miles across central India, helping to capture Gwalior, Kotah, Pouree and Rowa. Crealock was Mentioned in Despatches three times and wounded in action. He remained in India until 1869 when he was sent to Ireland as Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant General William Rose Mansfield.