Berkeley

1894 · P3298 — London : S Hildesheimer and Co c.1894. Excellent. Notes: Exceptional quality printed on wide margin thick paper. Signed by Stanley Berkeley in pencil at the lower left proof before title also has the seal of incorporated publishers association. <br><br><br>The Charge of Scarlett’s 300 or Heavy Brigade at Balaclava 25 October 1854.Scarce original photogravure after Stanley Berkeley c1890 published by S Hildesheimer and Co 1894. NAM. 1952-04-1<br><br>The Charge of the Heavy Brigade would be far better known were it not for the famous action of the Light Brigade later the same day. With luck and skill 800 British heavy cavalry charged 3000 Russian light horsemen and drove them from the field. The large Russian force stopped as it came towards the British camp. This mistake laid it open to attack and 300 British heavy cavalry charged the Russians.<br><br>The British had movement on their side and the rest of the Heavy Brigade followed up the charge. The much larger Russian force was put to flight with few casualties. The whole action is said to have lasted eight minutes.<br><br>Stanley Berkeley 1855–1909 was an English painter of animal sporting and historical subjects especially military scenes. Born in London he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy the Grafton Gallery the New Watercolour Society and elsewhere from 1878 until 1902 and many of his pictures were retrospective military scenes of the English Civil War and the Battle of Waterloo & Crimean War. Image Size : 446x705 mm 17.56x27.76 Inches Platemark Size : 540x775 mm 21.26x30.51 Inches Paper Size : 656x861 mm 25.83x33.91 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Medium: Photogravure Categories: Views Europe Ukraine; Military Others; S Hildesheimer and Co unknown