Sujet

Russian pony and sheep from Bomarsund, brought by Captain Hall, H.M.S. "Hecla", 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Russian pony and sheep from Bomarsund, brought by Captain Hall, H.M.S. "Hecla", 1854. Animals and war trophies taken from Finland during the Crimean War by a British naval officer. 'The sheep is very small, with a coat...of very short, curly wool. It generally resembles a Welsh sheep; is broad across the eyes, and has small black horns...The pony is also black, with a star in the forehead, a white stripe on the bridge of the nose, and a white mark between the nostrils...The feet are in good order; of course they have not yet been shod...behind the sheep is a piece of granite taken from the fortress of Bomarsund; and on the top of it is a shell also from that place'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22B07_267

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

26,4Mo (2,1Mo) / 31,6cm x 20,9cm / 3731 x 2472 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal animals horses horse sheep British weapon weapons pony ponies souvenir souvenirs war century Britain newspapers press concept ammunition memento B&W metaphor cannonball warfare loot 19th century booty black & white black and white B W weaponry nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News spoils of war ILN newspaper engraving Crimean War Unknown Hall Battle of Bomarsund 19th-century Benjamin Herring Herring Benjamin Aland War Åland War William Hutcheon Hall William Hutcheon Admiral Sir William Hutcheon Hall Sir William Hutcheon Hall