Battle of the Tchernaya, 16 August 1855

Location

Country: Other
City: other locations abroad

Watercolourist and painter William Simpson was born in Glasgow, the son of a marine engineer and mechanic. He trained as a lithographer under David Macfarlane and later Allan and Ferguson, and also studied at the Glasgow School of Design. In 1851 he moved to London to work for the lithographers Day & Son. He was sent to cover the Crimean War in 1854, after which he became known as ‘Crimean Simpson’. In 1866 he became an artist for the ‘Illustrated London News’, travelling in India, Russia and Afghanistan, and covering several major military campaigns of the 19th century. In 1874 he became a member of the Institute of Painters in Watercolour. He was also an amateur archaeologist and a prolific writer. Simpson died in London, aged 75.

Places

Ukraine

Subjects

topography, mountain, death, bayonet, rifle (military), soldier, Zouave, Russian armed forces, Battle of the Tchernaya, bridge (rural)

Materials & Techniques

lithograph, coloured lithograph

Artist

William Simpson (1823 - 1899)
Day and Son

Title

Battle of the Tchernaya, 16 August 1855

Date

published 27 September 1855

Medium

Coloured lithograph

Acquisition

Purchased from Abbott and Holder, March 1995

GAC number

16906