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Remnants an Army
Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1897
adults
Afghanistan
animals: mammals
architecture
Brydon, Dr
castle
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
despair
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
First Anglo-Afghan War, Jan 1842
history
horse
individuals: male
Jalalabad
landscape
man
military
military
mountain
named individuals
people
places
portraits
riding
rocky
society
transport: land
<p>Elizabeth Butler represents the defeat of the British in the First Afghan War (1839–1842), when they failed to overthrow the Afghan leader Dōst Moammad Khān. Doctor William Brydon, believed to be the sole survivor of the British forces, reaches the British garrison at Jalalabad, ‘faint and reeling on his jaded horse’ against a dying light’. Butler was the leading battle painter in Europe, famous for depicting soldiers fighting at the edge of Empire, rather than the military elite. Butler’s family benefitted from Empire, but her circle was anti-imperial. This painting was made during the Second Afghan War, and offers a critique of that war.</p><p><em>Gallery label, May 2023</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
1 August 2010
1 August 2010 – 1 August 2013
2013-08-01
2010-08-01
Somerset County Museums Service (Taunton, UK)
2010-08-01
Long loan to Museum of Somerset
Loan-out
25 November 2015 – 10 April 2016
2016-04-10
25 November 2015 – 10 April 2016
2016-04-10
2015-11-25
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
3 October 2016 – 29 January 2017
2017-01-29
2016-10-03
National Gallery of Singapore (Singapore, Singapore)
2015-11-25
Artist and Empire
Exhibition
25 November 2015 – 26 March 2017
2017-03-26
6 October 2016 – 26 March 2017
2017-03-26
2016-10-06
National Gallery of Singapore (Singapore, Singapore)
2015-11-25
Artist and Empire
Loan-out
26 September 2022
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2022-09-26
Gallery 9
Collection based display
The Remnants of an Army
support: 1321 × 2337 mm
frame: 1780 × 2790 × 226 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999962" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Sir Henry Tate</a> 1897
<div><p><span>Elizabeth Butler represents the defeat of the British in the First Afghan War (1839–1842), when they failed to overthrow the Afghan leader Dōst Moammad Khān. Doctor William Brydon, believed to be the sole survivor of the British forces, reaches the British garrison at Jalalabad, ‘faint and reeling on his jaded horse’ against a dying light’. Butler was the leading battle painter in Europe, famous for depicting soldiers fighting at the edge of Empire, rather than the military elite. Butler’s family benefitted from Empire, but her circle was anti-imperial. This painting was made during the Second Afghan War, and offers a critique of that war.</span></p></div>
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2024-04-22T00:00:00
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adults Afghanistan animals: mammals architecture Brydon, Dr castle cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents despair emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas First Anglo-Afghan War, Jan 1842 history horse individuals: male Jalalabad landscape man military military mountain named individuals people places portraits riding rocky society transport: land