The Return from Inkerman

Why it's great

Tired, silent Grenadier Guards trudge back after the Battle of Inkerman in 1854. Elizabeth Thompson, later Lady Butler, painted this sad picture of the cost of war in 1877, when she was becoming one of Britain's best-known battle painters.

🏛️ Part of history

The Crimean War (1853–1856) — Tired, silent Grenadier Guards trudge back after the Battle of Inkerman in 1854.

Where to see it

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About the artist

Elizabeth Thompson (Lady Butler)

1846–1933 · born in Lausanne · died in Gormanston

Elizabeth Thompson, later Lady Butler, was a British painter born in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1846. She became one of the most popular battle painters of Victorian Britain, starting with her Roll Call in 1874. She married a general, lived in Ireland, and died in 1933.