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Hand-coloured print of cavalry charging across a plain with artillery smoke and hills in the background.

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William Simpson - Charge of the light cavalry brigade, 25th Oct. 1854, under Major General the Earl of Cardigan, William Simpson (1854), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This hand-coloured lithograph shows a wide, sun-washed plain with cavalry squadrons charging in diagonal columns across the middle ground while artillery batteries fire in the foreground. Scattered riderless horses and fallen figures mark the field, and distant hills frame the scene. The print, titled Charge of the Light Cavalry Brigade, 25th Oct. 1854, under Major General the Earl of Cardigan, is attributed to William Simpson and dated 1854.

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