The Allied Generals with the Officers of their Respective Staffs before Sebastopol.

£3,000 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

An impressive and scarce large-format engraving of the winners of the Crimean War shown on horseback, set in a military camp with Sebastopol and its bay in the background. Published by John Garle Browne, the owner of the original oil painting, which was sold at auction in London in 1997. Large print engraved by Charles G Lewis after Barker, with etching, engraving and stipple engraving (145 x 86 cm); some closed tears in the lower margin, not affecting the plate.

• Binding: Hardcover

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