LIVES OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
The E.J. Boys Archive
Last modified 9 October 2026
Added 18.12.2018.
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Elizabeth Southerden Thompson, Lady Butler: Crimea Paintings
Balaclava (1876)
Balaclava (1876)
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The Return from Inkerman (1877)
[The Return from Inkerman (1877 - Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull)]
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The Roll Call (date?)
The Roll Call
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Study of wounded guardsman, Crimea (date?)
Study of wounded guardsman, Crimea (1874)
Study for the key figure standing in the centre of Thompson's famous painting, 'The Roll Call'.
[NAM: https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1963-11-194-1]
[ArtUK: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/study-of-a-wounded-guardsman-crimea-c-1854-182566]
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The Advance of the Scots Greys at the Alma (1899?)
The Colours: Advance of the Scots Greys at the Alma (1899?)
[Ref. in Hichberger, Images of the Army, p.106.
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Did Elizabeth Southerden Thompson Butler paint 'Alma Heights'?
"...the work is relabelled 'artist unknown, formerly attributed to Elizabeth Southerden Thompson Butler (1846-1933)'."
[PB: After an extremely interesting discussion in 2014 it was reattributed to "unknown artist". See also e.g. comments by Martin Hopkinson that it might be by Louis William Desanges.]
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- ArtUK: Discussions: Did Elizabeth Southerden Thompson Butler paint 'Alma Heights'?
- Screengrab of discussion here.
Leeds Tapestry
http://leedstapestry.blogspot.com/2010/06/arts-for-all-scotland-forever-1881.html
The Heavy Cavalry sword
https://royalarmouries.org/stories/our-collection/pattern-1796-heavy-cavalry-sword/
ArtUK
https://artuk.org/discover/artists/butler-elizabeth-southerden-thompson-18461933
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/scotland-for-ever-38645
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/artist-in-focus-elizabeth-butler
