Painting of the Sortie from Jellabad
- Description
- This painting depicts the Siege of Jellalabad, an important battle that took place in the First Afghan War (1838-1842). The soldiers wearing red tunics are members of the 13th Light Infantry, the regiment that would later become the Somerset Light Infantry. On 5 April 1842 the garrison at Jellalabad left the city walls and successfully captured 500 sheep and cattle.
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNCM : SLI/69
- Collection Class
- Fine Art
- Medium
- oil
- Common Name
- painting of the Sortie from Jellabad
- Simple Name
- painting
- Production Person Surname
- Cunliffe (1801-1871)
- Production Person Initials
- Daniel
- Period Classification
- Modern (AD 1800-Present)
- Production Date
- 1851
- Material
- canvas
- Topography Town
- Jellalabad, Afghanistan
