Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Print: The Remnants of an Army, Dr Bryden (sic), the sole survivor of 16,000 of the British forces arriving exhausted at the gates of Jellalabad, January 13th, 1842, after the original painting by Lady Butler, contained in a glazed wooden frame, 92 x 64cm., some ‘spotting’, good condition £200-250

The original picture by the renowned war artist, Elizabeth Southerden Thompson, subsequently Lady Butler, commemorates one of the worst disasters to befall the British military - the disastrous retreat from Kabul during the 1st Afghan War in 1842. The original picture is held by the Tate Gallery, London.

With the book, Lady Butler, Battle Artist 1846-1933, by Paul Usherwood & Jenny Spencer-Smith, published by the National Army Museum, 1987, paperback edition - which features the original painting.