[]
Your ongoing selection
Asset(s) Assets
Your quote 0

Your selection

Clear selection
{"event":"pageview","page_type1":"catalog","page_type2":"image_page","language":"en","user_logged":"false","user_type":"ecommerce","nl_subscriber":"false"}
{"event":"ecommerce_event","event_name":"view_item","event_category":"browse_catalog","ecommerce":{"items":[{"item_id":"NAM5930190","item_brand":"other","item_category":"object","item_category2":"out_of_copyright","item_category3":"standard","item_category4":"birch_charles_bell_1832_1893","item_category5":"not_balown","item_list_name":"search_results","item_name":"statue_of_lieutenant_walter_hamilton_queen_s_own_corps_of_guides_punjab_frontier_force_1879_statue","item_variant":"undefined"}]}}
Metadata Block (Hidden)

Contact us for further help

High res file dimension

Search for more high res images or videos

Statue of Lieutenant Walter Hamilton, Queen’s Own Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force, 1879 (statue)

IMAGE number
NAM5930190
Image title
Statue of Lieutenant Walter Hamilton, Queen’s Own Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force, 1879 (statue)
Artist
Birch, Charles Bell (1832-1893) / English
Location
National Army Museum, London
Medium
statue
Date
1880 AD (C19th AD)
Image description

Statue commemorating the defence of the British Embassy, Kabul, by Lieutenant Walter Hamilton and soldiers of the Queen’s Own Corps of Guides, 1879. Bronze-painted plaster, signed by Charles Bell Birch (1832-97), Dublin, 1880 (c). Lieutenant Walter Hamilton of the Queen’s Own Corps of Guides won his Victoria Cross (VC) in 1879 during the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880). At the Battle of Futtehabad on 2 April 1879, he led on his regiment after the death of his commanding officer against superior numbers and rescued Sowar Dowlut Ram, an Indian cavalryman, from the clutches of the enemy. News of his award had probably not reached him when, six months later, the British Embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul was attacked. Hamilton was in charge of the ambassador’s seventy-man escort. Virtually everyone was massacred, but Hamilton sold his life dearly, the official report relating ‘that at his final charge to silence a gun which he did silence, Lieut. Hamilton fell where he said he would fall, killing on his way to inevitable death three men with his pistol and two with his sword’.

Photo credit
© National Army Museum / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
battle / Commemoration / officer / soldier / pistol / firearm / Imperialism / ideology

Add to cart

Contact us for other Usage Options

Pay for usage you need
Highest quality images
Personal products
Personal Prints, Cards, Gifts, Reference. Not for commercial use, not for public display, not for resale. Eg: Put this image on a mug or as a single print for oneself or a present for someone.
$25.00
Personal website or social media
Use in a presentation. All languages, 3 years. Personal presentation use or non-commercial, non-public use within a company or organization only.
$50.00
Corporate website, social media or presentation/talk
Use on a company website, in a company social media post/page/blog, in an app or in a corporate presentation (internal or external). Not for advertising or collateral. All languages, 3 years.
$190.00
Editorial (Books, magazines and newspaper) - standard
Print and/or digital. Single use, any size, inside only. Single language only. Single territory rights for trade books; worldwide rights for academic books. Print run up to 1500. 7 years. (excludes advertising) eg:Illustrate the inside of a book or magazine with a print run of 1,000 units
$100.00
Editorial (Books, magazines and newspaper) - extended
Print and/or digital. Single use, any size, inside only. Single language only. Single territory rights for trade books; worldwide rights for academic books. Print run up to 5000. 7 years. (excludes advertising) eg: Illustrate the inside of a book or magazine with a print run of 5,000 units
$175.00
Do you need support?
Asset - General information
Copyright status
No Additional Copyright
Largest available format 3315 × 5019 px 8 MB
Dimension [pixels] Dimension in 300dpi [mm] File size [MB] Online Purchase
Large 3315 × 5019 px 281 × 425 mm 8.1 MB
Medium 677 × 1024 px 57 × 87 mm 371 KB

Similar Images