Crimea Watercolour
From The Sanctuary Bookshop., Lyme Regis, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 21 July 2000
From The Sanctuary Bookshop., Lyme Regis, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 21 July 2000
About this Item
An original measuring 12 x 20 cms. The handwritten legend below reads "Bulgarian children wounded at Kustendjeh by the Barji Barouks - 29th March 1854. Rescued by Capt Hyde Parker H. M. S. Firebrand. Goerge Silcock Sailor Boy. Johnny & George Firebrand". Interestingly, pages 142 and 143 of "Victoria And Albert, Life At Osborne House" has a lengthy discussion of this episode. "A side-affect of hostilities had been the plight of two small Bulgarian boys, exactly the same age as the Queen's two youngest boys Arthur and Leopold, who had been left wounded and dying beside their dead parents on the beach at Kustendjeh, victims of a party of Bashi Bazouks, prowling for plunder". Furthermore, contemporary reprorts state: "Queen Victoria found this irresistable, and she no sooner heard of it than she announced her wish to take the two orphans under her wing". This all being reported in The Illustrated London News for 1854. Seller Inventory # 005149
Bibliographic Details
Title: Crimea Watercolour
Publication Date: 1854
Binding: No Binding
Condition: Good
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