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'Stand Fast Craigellachie' (detail)

Elizabeth Southerden Thompson Butler (1846–1933)

National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle

'Stand Fast Craigellachie'

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This painting depicts an incident involving the 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders on the North West frontier of India in 1895. It is a typically romantic image of Highland heroism by one of the best-known military artists of the Victorian period. The title is the traditional motto of Clan Grant. The central figure is believed to be Lieutenant John Patrick Grant.

National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh

Title

'Stand Fast Craigellachie'

Date

1902

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 100.3 x W 85.3 cm

Accession number

M.1996.54

Acquisition method

gift

Work type

Painting

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Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 2NG Scotland

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Artist or maker

Elizabeth Southerden Thompson Butler

1846–1933

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