Home Again, 1858

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Soldiers disembark from a troopship at Gravesend, on their return from the Indian Mutiny (1857–1859). About 40,000 British troops were sent to India, more than had been mobilized for the Crimea, to suppress the mutiny among the Indian troops of the East India Company’s Bengal Army. The disturbances in Bengal touched national pride. Massacres of Europeans, luridly reported at home, led to some savage reprisals. The picture is important for the sense of the occasion which it conveys. While the uniforms are not correct in every detail, it is the case that one private did receive the Victoria Cross before arriving home. O’Neil’s appeal to British patriotism is more subtle in its depiction of how the war affected the lives of ordinary people.

National Army Museum

London

Title

Home Again, 1858

Date

1860

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 91.4 x W 72 cm

Accession number

NAM. 1988-06-49

Acquisition method

purchased from Albion Fine Art with aid from the Art Fund, 1988

Work type

Painting

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