Life Guards at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, 1882
Thomas Davidson, RA (1842 - 1919)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1882
Materials
Oil on cardboard
Measurements
224 x 146 mm
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 517715
Summary
Oil painting on cardboard, Life Guards at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, 1882, by Thomas Davidson (London 1842–Walberswick 1919), signed bottom left, TD, 1882. Black horse racing to the left, with rider in uniform of the Life Guards, holding his reins with his left hand and leaning forward with his arm raised about to bring it down on a fighter who is standing by his wheeled armament, a figure is being trampled beneath the horse and to the right is another soldier with a rifle looking up at the horse and rider. Faint figures on horseback can be seen in the background.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed, bottom left:: TD
Makers and roles
Thomas Davidson, RA (1842 - 1919), artist