Historical
art prints by historical artist Mark Churms of the Napoleonic wars
including the assault on San Sebastian during the Peninsula War and the
battles of Friedland, Quatrebras and Waterloo. All limited edition art
prints published by Cranston Fine Arts. Mark
Churms military signed limited editions. many available at huge discounted
prices only available at these prices from this website
French Cavalry
British
Cavalry |
| Officer, RHA, Belgium 1815 by Mark Churms. Through the driving rain, Captain Merver (G, troop Royal Horse Artillery), riding his charger Cossack leads his battery to the ridge of Mount Saint Jean on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 33cm). Price £39.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Original painting by Mark Churms. Image size 20 inches x 16 inches (51cm x 41cm). Price £
**Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. (4 reduced to clear) Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 33cm). Price £30.00
ITEM CODE DHM0456 |
| La Charge (Donops Cavalry at Waterloo) by Mark Churms. Baron de Donops Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo, 5.30pm, 18th June 1815. After four hours of fighting, the squadrons of Napoleons 3rd Cavalry Corps finally join the massed assaults on the battered allied infantry squares. With the 42 year old marechal de camp Frederic-Guillaume de Donop at their head, the 2nd and 3rd Cuirassier Regiments break from a trot into a canter as they clear the ridge. The heavy cavalry are smashed against the steadfast bayonets of the redcoats and countercharged by light horsemen. In one of these encounters the general himself is terribly wounded and falls from his horse. His son (aide-de-camp) is also injured. Both are reported missing and presumed captured. Although the generals body is not found,it is certain that he met his death in the muddy fields of Waterloo alongside many of his brigade. In 1895 his name is inscribed on the north face of LArc de Triomphe in Paris in recognition of his service to France. Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £85.00 Save £10 on selected prints - Was £95
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Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £130.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
**Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. (6 reduced to clear) Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £55.00
ITEM CODE DHM0454 |
| La Gueper Espagnol by Mark Churms. French dragoons attack a Spanish farmhouse where they believe Spanish guerillas are hiding. Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £25.50 30% Off Selected Napoleonic Art Prints - Was £36
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 17 inches x 9 inches (43cm x 23cm). Price £45.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
**Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. (1 copy reduced to clear) Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £22.00
ITEM CODE DHM0279 |
| Marshal Ney at the Battle of Waterloo by Mark Churms. Marshal Ney charging at the head of the French cavalry against the British Squares. Of all Napoleons Generals at Waterloo none distinguished himself more than Marshal Ney, Prince of the Moskowa, the splendid warrior upon whom his Imperial master had conferred the proud title of Le Brave des Braves (The Bravest of the Brave) Twice he led the attack on the British centre, first at the head of the cavalry and then with the Old Guard, and he only retired from the field at nightfall, after five horses had been killed under him. Open edition prints. Image size 23 inches x 14 inches (58cm x 36cm). Price £46.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Signed prints. Very few left. Image size 23 inches x 14 inches (58cm x 36cm). Price £55.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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40 copies of the print from the open edition, each with a slight mark in the left hand border, which does not affect the image. Image size 23 inches x 14 inches (58cm x 36cm). Price £25.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Original painting by Mark Churms. Massive Saving! Was £10200. Image size 48 inches x 36 inches (122cm x 91cm). Price £6000.00
ITEM CODE DHM0250 |
| Hearts of Oak by Mark Churms. In January 1793 the 1st Battalion of the 29th Foot leaves Windsor for Hilsea to board Royal Navy fighting ships as there is a shortage of marines. Their new roll is to counter enemy musket fire from the upper decks, to lead boarding parties and to maintain discipline of the crew. They are specially equipped with a new working rig but still retain their full dress red coats and powdered hair (curled locks above the ear are removed) for combat. The regiment joins The British Channel Fleet under Admiral Earl Howe, and detachments are allocated to the following ships of the line; H.M.S. Glory, Thunderer, Alfred, Pegasus and Ramilles. 78 soldiers under the command of Cpt. Alexander Saunders are also placed aboard Captain Harveys 74 gun H.M.S. Brunswick. Howes ships are sent to intercept a fleet, of similar size that has put out from Brest to escort a large convoy of food from America, destined for Revolutionary France. The two fleets make contact but fog prevents an engagement until 1 Oarn on the first day of June 1794. Now, in bright sunshine, the order is given to attack! Brunswick is directly astern of Howes flag ship as the French line is broken. She quickly engages Le Vengeur with which she becomes dangerously entangled. Broadsides are exchanged at point blank range! Sails are shot to ribbons, masts and rigging fall. Grenades, carronades and musketry find their targets and casualties mount. Nevertheless, the ships band, joined by a negro regimental drummer on the quarter deck, keep up moral by playing the new and popular air Hearts Of Oak. The two ships drift helplessly as another French man-of-war, Achille, comes in for the kill but the British gunners deliver such a devastating broadside into this new assailant that she is completely demasted and strikes her colours! In the firefight the figure head, an effigy of the Duke of Brunswick, has its carved wooden hat blown clean away. So, Captain Harvey calmly replaces the loss with his own cocked hat! The captain himself receives a blow to the hand and is subsequently mortally wounded with a section of chain-shot. Cpt. Saunders is killed by a snipers bullet and Lt. Harcourt Vernon (wearing short, non regulation boots to facilitate amputation) is soon wounded as well. The decks are cleared of downed masts and rigging, the dead also go over the side. cl At about one oclock the two interlocked ships are separated by a swell and Harveys brothers ship Ramilles cornes to the Brunsivicks assistance. The crippled Vengeur cannot compete with the skill of English gunnery and the ship is raked from end to end by galling fire. Cheers ring out as she surrenders and hoists the Union Jack. The rest of the French fleet breaks off the engagement. Six of their ships are out of action and Le Vengeur is so very badly holed that she eventually sinks (many of her crew refusing to abandon her. Singing the Marseillaise they re-hoist her battle flag as they slip to their watery grave) This British fleet returns in triumph to Spithead. However, the scene on the Brunswicks splintered poop deck is one of utter devastation. The regiment has 13 officers and men killed, another 18 are wounded and nearly quarter of the ships company is lost. This hard won victory is commemorated by the regiment with Naval Crown (awarded to the regiment in 1909, an honour shared only by the Queens Regiment) and by the adoption of the tune played throughout the height of battle, Hearts of Oak. Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 15 inches x 24 inches (38cm x 61cm). Price £90.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 15 inches x 24 inches (38cm x 61cm). Price £130.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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**Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. (6 reduced to clear) Image size 15 inches x 24 inches (38cm x 61cm). Price £55.00
ITEM CODE DHM0369 |
| Tireur D Elite by Mark Churms. A Voltigeur corporal, 2nd battalion, 4th regiment etranger, Holland 1813. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 12 inches x 24 inches (31cm x 61cm). Price £66.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Original painting by Mark Churms. Was £3600! Image size 13 inches x 24 inches (33cm x 61cm). Price £2500.00
**Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. (3 copies reduced to clear) Image size 12 inches x 24 inches (31cm x 61cm). Price £45.00
ITEM CODE DHM0453 |
| Die Uberlebenden by Mark Churms. Saxon Gardes du Corps Officer and The Survivors of the French heavy cavalry attack on the Great Redoubt at the Battle of Borodino in the Napoleonic Wars. Limited edition of 750 high quality paper art prints. Image size 18.5 inches x 14 inches (47cm x 36cm). Price £170.00
Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Image size 18.5 inches x 14 inches (47cm x 36cm). Price £230.00
ITEM CODE MC0014 |
| Storming of Badajoz by the Sherwood Foresters painting by Mark Churms. On the night of 6th April 1812 Wellingtons Army, surrounding the walled Spanish town of Badajoz (garrisoned by Napoleons soldiers under general Baron Philippon) is ready to attack! The men of the 45th regiment from Pictons 3rd Division launch themselves in a desperate and bloody assault against the north castle wall. Carrying improvised ladders, the men have their top buttons undone, overalls rolled up and are stripped for action. The castles defenders (Germans, allied to Napoleon of the Graf und Erbprinz Regiment from Hesse-Darmstadt) partroling the walls in their greatcoats are intially surprised by the bold assault from this sector but they have been preparing the strong defenses for some time. Soon the night air is full of musketry, falling masonry, burning bundles of ropes and exploding grenades or mines. Despite the horrific casualties suffered the attackers press home. As the first scaling ladders are raised near a small bell tower the young Lt. James Macpherson reaches for the top of the wall. The ladders are too short! Undaunted he cries to his men below to lift the base of the ladder closer to the wall. This rapid, vertical movement suddenly propels him to a height several feet above the Germans heads. A shot rings out as one of the defenders fires point blank into the young mans chest. Fortunately the lead ball only strikes a glancing blow, cleaving in two a button of the officers waist coat and dislocating one of his ribs. Despite his fortunate escape, the force of the impact nearly sends him tumbling from the ladder. Somehow he maintains his grasp but the ladder itself gives way under the weight of the men following. Some unfortunates are impaled on the bayonets of their comrades below. Leaping from the rungs of another ladder, Corporal Kelly is the first man over the top and gradually the 45th gain a foothold on the ramparts. The rest of the regiment is ordered to unfix bayonets. Using the few remaining ladders, others also manage to scale the walls. Through the carnage they climb, club and shoot their way into the castle itself! Maepherson now regains consciousness at the foot of the wall and revived with a cup of coco from his friend A.A. General Hercules Packenham, who was directly behind him on the ladder when it broke. Though winded by the shot he rises to his feet. This sudden movement relocates his rib and he is able to climb the ladders once more. Once over the defense he sees the old towers of Apendez and Albar-rana to his left and the cathedral illuminated by gun fire in the distance. However his objective is directly ahead. Atop the abandoned tower of Santa Maria before him still flies the French tricolour. Macplierson seizes the opportunity, mounts the spiral stairway to the top turret and pulls down the enemy flag. For want of a substitute he flies his own red jacket from the pole, signifying that the castle has fallen. In the rest of the town the fighting continues and turns into a blood lust. Badajoz is one of the bloodiest and violent sieges of the Peninsula War. On the following day Maepherson presents his trophy to the Duke of Wellington himself but his bravery is not rewarded with a promotion. Original oil study by Mark Churms. Normally £720! Image sized 16 inches x 10 inches (41cm x 25cm). Price £400.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE MARK0001 |
| Honor and Glory by Mark Churms. (GL) Surrounded by the enemy and cut off from their comrades, a handful of the Emperor Napoleons French Grenadiers choose to attack, against all odds, rather than face the dishonor of surrender! Limited edition of 350 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30.5 inches x 20 inches (77cm x 51cm). Price £290.00
Limited edition of 350 giclee canvas prints. Image size 19.5 inches x 13 inches (50cm x 33cm). Price £230.00
ITEM CODE MC0015 |
| The Generals Escort by Mark Churms. Depicting Polish Lancers escorting a generals carriage as they pass through an infantry bivouac during the Hundred Days Campaign. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £39.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £90.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Original painting by Mark Churms. Image size 24 inches x 16 inches (61cm x 41cm). Price £2200.00
**Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. (1 copy reduced to clear) Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £32.00
ITEM CODE DHM0457 |
| Assault on the Breach of San Sebastian by Mark Churms. The Storming party, 750 volunteers, included 200 men of the Guards, one hundred each from the First and Coldstream Guards. They moved off at two in the morning on the 31st August 1813, and occupied a ruined convent where they remained till half past nine. Aware of the almost impossible task ahead of them, and subjected to a violent electric thunderstorm, the troops waited in a state of savage anticipation. Wild senseless laughter was said to have preceded the attack on the breach which could not be entered except in single file under heavy fire. The troops attacked in succession, but were struck down by hundreds. General Graham then ordered the artillery to fire over the heads of the assailants, clearing the ramparts. A shell ignited a quantity of powder, and under cover of the explosions, the storming party forced its way into the town. San Sebastian was savagely sacked and burned, and the good name of Wellingtons Army suffered as it had done at Badajoz. The civilians were raped, robbed and murdered in revenge for the heavy losses suffered by the troops. The Franco-Spanish governor retired the citadel (San Marcial) and on the 9th September, after a gallant resistance of over a week, surrendered the charge he had so faithfully defended. The casualties among the officers of the first Guards were one Officer, Ensign Burrard, First battalion (a son of Sir Henry Burrard who was responsible for the disastrous Treaty of Cintra) severely wounded, since dead, and one Officer, Ensign Orlando Bridgeman, wounded. In the Coldstream Guards, one officer ensign Thomas Chaplin, According to Lord Saltoun there were in round numbers, 150 casualties amongst 200 Guardsman. Total losses of volunteers from all regiments were 1500 men. (text by Atlanta Clifford, assistant to the Curator-The Guards Museum) In the painting. you see Ensign Chaplin lying wounded, attended by an Officer of the Coldstream Guards, Orlando Bridgeman is calling Assistant Surgeon Bacot, First Foot Guards, to go to the aid of his fellow officer, Burrard. Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (58cm x 38cm). Price £90.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (58cm x 38cm). Price £130.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE DHM0299 |
| Napoleon at Friedland by Mark Churms. The year is 1807, the French Empire is at the pinnacle of its power. Although not yet 38 years of age the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is marching towards the heights of his military career. It is the anniversary of his great victory against the Austrians at Marengo seven years before. Since then the soldiers of The Grand Armee have faithfully followed The Little Corporal from victory to victory across Europe. Now, in eastern Prussia, the Russians alone are holding out against the might of France. Bennigsens army is strung out on a four mile front along the banks of the river Alle, near the town of Friedland. With their backs to the unfordable river the brave Russian soldiers are drawn up in a poor position to give battle. It is already midday when Napoleon arrives on the field. Much of the French force is still some miles away but the commanders keen eye immediately perceives an opportunity for victory. He decides to attack. The vigourous assault on the Russian lines commences at about 5.30 pm. Bennigsen, anticipating an engagement on the following day, is completely surprised by this ferocious attack so late in the afternoon. The fighting begins as his divisions are preparing to withdraw across the river Alle, to a stronger position. Napoleons master stroke throws the enemy into confusion. By 8.30 pm the French are masters of the field, the Russians have lost nearly a third of their army and 80 cannons. The town of Friedland is ablaze and the Tsars army in full retreat. In simple attire and characteristically astride a nimble arab grey, Napoleon Bonaparte rides forward with his reserves of the Guard to survey the final victory. Within a few days the defeated Tsar Alexander will embrace the French Emperor on a raft anchored in the middle of the Niemen at Tilsit. At their monumental meeting they will talk of peace, co-operation against the British, the division of Prussian Territories and France with Russia will form their uneasy alliance that will quickly collapse into open hostility and present Napoleon with his greatest challenge: The invasion of Russia itself. Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 14 inches x 24 inches (36cm x 61cm). Price £90.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 14 inches x 24 inches (36cm x 61cm). Price £130.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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**Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. (14 reduced to clear) Image size 14 inches x 24 inches (36cm x 61cm). Price £60.00
ITEM CODE DHM0256 |
| San Sebastian - Ensign Figure Study by Mark Churms. (P) Study for the original painting Assault on the Breach of San Sebastian. Original Pencil Drawing by Mark Churms. Paper size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £150.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE MC0034 |
| Original Oil Study of the Union Brigade painting by Mark Churms.
Original oil study by Mark Churms.Normally £360! Image size 10 inches x 8 inches (25cm x 20cm). Price £180.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE MARK0002 |
| Charge of the Union Brigade by Mark Churms. At about 2.00pm the Union Brigade crashes through the ranks on Napoleons Ist Infantry Corps. The 2nd Royal North British Dragoons (later known as The Scots Greys) on the far left of the line, plow through Marcognets division, only Duruttes division will escape intact. With Brigade General Ponsortby at their head, elements of the now disordered Cavalry charge on to the French artillery. Even though, at close quarters, the Gunners and attached Infantry are no match for the wild Scots, they desperately try to save their 12 pounder field pieces. However the British heavy Cavalry is now out of control and Napoleons retribution will be swift. From the undulating ground before Paillotte comes the thunder of hooves and the deadly lances of 4th Regiment and the 3th Chasseurs a Cheval. In the confusion many of the British soldiers are completely unaware of the onslaught as the fresh French Cavalry sweeps through their flank. Ponsonbys mount leaps through the mud as the exhausted Brigade is herded together for the final kill. Even against all odds the brave men continue to fight. The Brigade General himself will shortly be sabred by Sergeant Urban as he attempts to capture the eagle of the 4th Lancers. Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 15 inches x 24 inches (38cm x 61cm). Price £90.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 15 inches x 24 inches (38cm x 61cm). Price £125.00 Save £10 on selected prints - Was £135
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Original painting by Mark Churms. Was £12000! Image size 50 inches x 34 inches (127cm x 86cm). Price £8000.00
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
**Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. (12 reduced to clear) Image size 15 inches x 24 inches (38cm x 61cm). Price £60.00
ITEM CODE DHM0258 |
| Sabres on the Esla Pursuit of the Imperial Guard at the Battle of Benevente by Mark Churms. Sir John Moores epic retreat to Corunna was punctuated by desperate and often heroic rear-guard actions - none more dramatic than the cavalry clash at Benevente on the 29th December 1808. Having crossed the river Esla, cold and swollen by recent rainfall, a British picquet, comprised of elements of the Kings German Legion Hussars and the 7th, 10th and 18th Hussars, covers the river and its tactically demolished Castro Gonzalos bridge from a position near the town of Benevente. Napoleon himself leads the pursuit. The Emperors elite Guard Light Cavalry, commanded by General Lefebvre-Desnouettes, is ordered at daylight to ford the river and launch a surprise attack on what appears to be the numerically inferior British units. As five-hundred and fifty French cavalry emerge in orderly fashion from the river, intent upon quickly dispatching the opposition, they are startled to find the British piquet, reinforced by a host of British cavalry, streaming from within the confines of Benevente, some on their left flank. Under the command of Lord Paget, the British become the pursuers of the surprised French, who turn and retreat with the frigid waters of the Esla blocking their escape. Unlike their crossing in echelon just minutes before, the French now in disorder plunge into the river, where many drown. Others are captured including General Lefebvre-Desnouettes who is made prisoner by Grisdale of the 10th Hussars following a dramatic pursuit. General Lefebvre-Desnouettes will eventually escape from captivity in England, to encounter Lord Paget once again on the field of Waterloo. Signed limited edition of 1100 prints. Image size 34 inches x 15 inches (86cm x 38cm). Price £115.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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ITEM CODE DHM0565 |
| Badajoz by Mark Churms. On the night of 6th April 1812 Wellingtons Army, surrounding the walled Spanish town of Badajoz (garrisoned by Napoleons soldiers under general Baron Philippon) is ready to attack! The men of the 45th regiment from Pictons 3rd Division launch themselves in a desperate and bloody assault against the north castle wall. Carrying improvised ladders, the men have their top buttons undone, overalls rolled up and are stripped for action. The castles defenders (Germans, allied to Napoleon of the Graf und Erbprinz Regiment from Hesse-Darmstadt) partroling the walls in their greatcoats are intially surprised by the bold assault from this sector but they have been preparing the strong defenses for some time. Soon the night air is full of musketry, falling masonry, burning bundles of ropes and exploding grenades or mines. Despite the horrific casualties suffered the attackers press home. As the first scaling ladders are raised near a small bell tower the young Lt. James Macpherson reaches for the top of the wall. The ladders are too short! Undaunted he cries to his men below to lift the base of the ladder closer to the wall. This rapid, vertical movement suddenly propels him to a height several feet above the Germans heads. A shot rings out as one of the defenders fires point blank into the young mans chest. Fortunately the lead ball only strikes a glancing blow, cleaving in two a button of the officers waist coat and dislocating one of his ribs. Despite his fortunate escape, the force of the impact nearly sends him tumbling from the ladder. Somehow he maintains his grasp but the ladder itself gives way under the weight of the men following. Some unfortunates are impaled on the bayonets of their comrades below. Leaping from the rungs of another ladder, Corporal Kelly is the first man over the top and gradually the 45th gain a foothold on the ramparts. The rest of the regiment is ordered to unfix bayonets. Using the few remaining ladders, others also manage to scale the walls. Through the carnage they climb, club and shoot their way into the castle itself! Maepherson now regains consciousness at the foot of the wall and revived with a cup of coco from his friend A.A. General Hercules Packenham, who was directly behind him on the ladder when it broke. Though winded by the shot he rises to his feet. This sudden movement relocates his rib and he is able to climb the ladders once more. Once over the defense he sees the old towers of Apendez and Albar-rana to his left and the cathedral illuminated by gun fire in the distance. However his objective is directly ahead. Atop the abandoned tower of Santa Maria before him still flies the French tricolour. Macplierson seizes the opportunity, mounts the spiral stairway to the top turret and pulls down the enemy flag. For want of a substitute he flies his own red jacket from the pole, signifying that the castle has fallen. In the rest of the town the fighting continues and turns into a blood lust. Badajoz is one of the bloodiest and violent sieges of the Peninsula War. On the following day Maepherson presents his trophy to the Duke of Wellington himself but his bravery is not rewarded with a promotion. Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 16 inches x 23 inches (41cm x 58cm). Price £90.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Save £5 on selected prints - Was £95
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 16 inches x 23 inches (41cm x 58cm). Price £130.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Save £5 on selected prints - Was £135
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
**Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. (2 copies reduced to clear) Image size 16 inches x 23 inches (41cm x 58cm). Price £65.00
ITEM CODE DHM0367 |
DHM0299. Assault on the Breach of San Sebastian by Mark Churms.
The Storming party, 750 volunteers, included 200 men of the Guards, one hundred
each from the First and Coldstream Guards. They moved off at two in the morning
on the 31st August 1813, and occupied a ruined convent where they remained till
half past nine. Aware of the almost impossible task ahead of them, and subjected
to a violent electric thunderstorm, the troops waited in a state of savage anticipation. ' Wild
senseless laughter' was said to have preceded the attack on the breach which
could not be entered except in single file under heavy fire. The troops attacked
in succession, but were struck down by hundreds. General Graham then ordered
the artillery to fire over the heads of the assailants, clearing the ramparts.
A shell ignited a quantity of powder, and under cover of the explosions, the
storming party forced its way into the town. San Sebastian was savagely sacked and burned, and the good name of Wellington's
Army suffered as it had done at Badajoz. The civilians were raped, robbed and
murdered in revenge for the heavy losses suffered by the troops. The Franco-Spanish
governor retired the citadel (San Marcial) and on the 9th September, after
a gallant resistance of over a week, surrendered the charge he had so faithfully
defended. The casualties among the officers of the first Guards were one Officer,
Ensign Burrard, First battalion (a son of Sir Henry Burrard who was responsible
for the disastrous Treaty of Cintra) severely wounded, since dead, and one Officer,
Ensign Orlando Bridgeman, wounded. In the Coldstream Guards, one officer ensign
Thomas Chaplin, According to Lord Saltoun there were in round numbers, 150 casualties
amongst 200 Guardsman. Total losses of volunteers from all regiments were 1500
men. (text by Atlanta Clifford, assistant to the Curator-The Guards Museum)
In the painting. you see Ensign Chaplin lying wounded, attended by an Officer
of the Coldstream Guards, Orlando Bridgeman is calling Assistant Surgeon Bacot,
First Foot Guards, to go to the aid of his fellow officer, Burrard. DHM0453.
Tireur D'Elite by Mark Churms. A Voltigeur corporal, 2nd battalion, 4th regiment
etranger, Holland 1813. DHM0256. Napoleon at Friedland by Mark Churms.
The famous French victory over the Russian Army in Eastern Prussia. In a simple
attire and Characteristically astride a nimble grey arab. Napoleon Bonaparte
rides forward with his reserves of the Guard to survey the final victory. DHM0455.
Napoleon's Dream by Mark Churms. French domination of Europe could never be assured without
Britain's defeat. Had he defeated Russia, Napoleon may have been able to
launch an invasion of England in 1813. Using American designed paddle
steamers. DHM0253. Wellington Leaving Quatrebras for Waterloo by Mark Churms.
Wellington watches as his army retires from the battle field area of
Quatrebras, (shown in picture, Coldstream Guards, Blackwatch, and Scots Greys,) DHM0250.
Marshal Ney at the Battle of Waterloo by Mark Churms. Marshal Ney charging at the head of the French cavalry against the
British Squares, Off all Napoleon's Generals at waterloo none
distinguished himself more than Marshal Ney, Prince of the Moskowa, the
splendid warrior upon whom his Imperial master had conferred the proud
title of Le Brave des Braves' (The Bravest of the Brave). twice he led
the attack on the British centre, first at the head of the cavalry and
then with the Old Guard, and he only retired from the field at
nightfall, after five horses had been killed under him. DHM0367.
Badajoz by Mark Churms. Depicting the 45th Regiment (Nottinghamshire) storming the castle
with Lt. Mac Pherson leading the escalade. MARK0001.
Original Oil Study of the Storming of Badajoz by the
Sherwood Foresters painting by Mark Churms.

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