Napoleonic military art prints
from regimental paintings by Lady Butler, Victorian military artist.
Battle scenes from The Battle of waterloo, and Quatre Bras as well as the
Peninsula Campaign
BUTLER, Lady Elizabeth
Born Lausanne, Switzerland 1846; died Gormanston, Co.Meath 1933.
Elizabeth Thompson, later Lady Butler, was perhaps the leading painter of this genre of the late nineteenth century. Her famous quartet of paintings exhibited between 1874 and 1877 (Calling the Roll after and Engagement in the Crimea - Her Majesty the Queen; Quatre Bras - National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Balaclava - City of Manchester Art Gallery; and The Return from Inkerman - Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull) established her reputation but her subsequent works never quite achieved the fame of these earlier pictures, in spite of such dramatic scenes as Scotland for Ever! (Leeds City Art Gallery) and The Defence of Rorke's Drift (Her Majesty the Queen). She continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy until 1920 but with few exceptions, all her pictures had military themes particularly soldiers in battle. While she never witnessed actual warfare, although she was in Egypt for some years in the 1880's with her husband, Lieut. Gen. Sir William Butler, many of her pictures were drawn accurately using models in some cases, or observing soldiers on
maneuvers or practicing charges at Aldershot. For instance, when Queen Victoria commissioned the artist to depict the
defense of Rorke's Drift, Elizabeth Butler went down to Gosport where the 24th Regiment was billeted upon its return from Natal, and made sketches from life. The soldiers even re-enacted the battle in their original uniforms worn throughout the campaign.
THE LADY ELIZABETH BUTLER COLLECTION OF MILITARY PRINTS
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The Dawn of Waterloo by Lady Elizabeth Butler.
Depicting troopers of the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons (Scots Greys) on the morning of 18th June 1815. before the Battle of waterloo, and their great charge into history.
Open edition print. Image size 30 inches x 19 inches (76cm x 48cm). Price £45.00
Open edition print. Image size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm). Price £35.00
**Open edition print. (3 copies reduced to clear) Image size 30 inches x 19 inches (76cm x 48cm). Price £36.00
**Open edition print. (3 reduced to clear) Image size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm). Price £25.00
ITEM CODE DHM0001
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Scotland Forever by Lady Elizabeth Butler.
Probably the best known painting of the gallant charge of the Royal North Dragoons, The Scots Greys at the Battle of Waterloo. According to an eyewitness Alexander Armour at the start of the charge of the greys had to pass through the ranks of the Highland Brigade and armour recalled The highlanders were then ordered to wheel back, when they did so we rushed through them at the same time they heard us calling Now my boys Scotland Forever.
Open edition print. Image size 32in x 15in (81cm x 38cm) . Price £37.00
Open edition print. Image size 14 inches x 7 inches (36cm x 18cm). Price £20.00
Small number of giclee canvas prints available. Size 40 inches x 26 inches (102cm x 66cm). Price £475.00
Small number of giclee canvas prints available. Size 36 inches x 22 inches (91cm x 56cm). Price £350.00
Black and white photogravure, published 1894 by S Hildesheimer. Size 14 inches x 26 inches (36cm x 66cm). Price £700.00
**Open edition print. (2 prints reduced to clear). Image size 32in x 15in (81cm x 38cm)
. Price £31.00
ITEM CODE DHM0200
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Scotland Forever detail by Lady Elizabeth Butler.
Centre detail from the painting Scotland Forever showing the charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo.
Open edition print. Image size 15 inches x 21 inches (38cm x 53cm). Price £35.00
**Open edition print. (2 copies reduced to clear) Image size 15 inches x 21 inches (38cm x 53cm). Price £25.00
ITEM CODE DHM0066
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Steady the Drums and Fifes by Lady Elizabeth Butler.
The drummer boys of the 57th (die-hards) drawn up under fire on the ridge of Albuera, (16th May 1811), Peninsula war.
Open edition print. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £50.00
Open edition print. Image size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm). Price £35.00
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00
**Open edition print. (15 copies reduced to clear) Image size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm). Price £25.00
ITEM CODE DHM0032
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Quatre Bras by Lady Elizabeth Butler.
28th Gloucester Regiment shown in square repelling the French cavalry.
Open edition print. Image size 30 inches x 14 inches (76cm x 35cm). Price £42.00
Open edition print. Image size 14 inches x 6 inches (35cm x 16cm). Price £20.00
Small number of giclee canvas prints available. Size 40 inches x 26 inches (102cm x 66cm). Price £500.00
Small number of giclee canvas prints available. Size 36 inches x 22 inches (91cm x 56cm). Price £350.00
Antique black and white Photogravure Size 13 inches x 27 inches (33cm x 69cm). Price £800.00
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm) Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm) . Price £
**Open edition print. (2 copies reduced to clear) Image size 30 inches x 14 inches (76cm x 35cm). Price £31.00
ITEM CODE VAR0311
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Halt by Lady Elizabeth Butler.
Depicting the end of the last charge of the 10th Hussars at Waterloo.
Open edition print. Image size 23 inches x 14 inches (58cm x 36cm). Price £25.00
Original coloured lithograph, c 1890. . Price £950.00
Antique black and white lithograph. . Price £850.00
ITEM CODE DHM0223
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Halt on a Forced March by Lady Elizabeth Butler.
The painting shows a gun team of the Royal Horse Artillery with wounded soldiers on the Limber during the retreat to Corunna in the winter of 1808-1809, during the Peninsula War.
Open edition print. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £45.00
**Open edition print. (3 copies reduced to clear) Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £30.00
ITEM CODE DHM0078
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Charge of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons at Waterloo by Lady Elizabeth Butler.
Open edition print. Image size 23 inches x 12 inches (58cm x 31cm). Price £35.00
**Open edition print. (4 copies reduced to clear) Image size 23 inches x 12 inches (58cm x 31cm). Price £25.00
ITEM CODE DHM0185
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The Dawn of Waterloo by Lady Butler
Depicting troopers of the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons (Scots
Greys)
on the morning of 18th June 1815. before the Battle of waterloo, and their
great charge into history.
Scotland Forever by Lady Butler
Probably the best known painting of the gallant charge of the Royal
North Dragoons, The Scots Greys at the Battle of Waterloo. According to an
eyewitness Alexander Armour " at the start of the charge of the greys
had to pass through the ranks of the Highland Brigade and armour recalled
"The highlanders were then ordered to wheel back, when they did so we
rushed through them at the same time they heard us calling "Now my
boys Scotland Forever"
Steady the Drums and Fifes by Lady Butler
The drummer boys of the 57th (die-hards) drawn up under fire on the
ridge of Albuera, (16th May 1811), Peninsula war
Quatre Bras by Lady Butler
28th Gloucester Regiment shown in square repelling the French cavalry.
Halt by Lady Butler
Depicting the end of the last charge of the 10th Hussars at Waterloo.
Halt on a Forced March by Lady Butler
The painting shows a gun team of the Royal Horse Artillery with wounded
soldiers on the Limber during the retreat to Corunna in the winter of
1808-1809, during the Peninsula War.
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Antique black and white print 1894
Scotland Forever by Lady Butler
Probably the best known painting of the gallant charge of the Royal
North Dragoons, The Scots Greys at the Battle of Waterloo. According to an
eyewitness Alexander Armour " at the start of the charge of the greys
had to pass through the ranks of the Highland Brigade and armour recalled
"The highlanders were then ordered to wheel back, when they did so we
rushed through them at the same time they heard us calling "Now my
boys Scotland Forever"
Black and White Photogravure 14" x 26", after Elizabeth
Thompson (Lady Butler), published by S. Hildesheimer and co. 1894, price
£900 (export) |
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