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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.
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
National Army Museum
Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, Greater London SW3 4HT England
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