Langhorne Thompson. Kars 12 at night Sepr. 29 1855

Lithograph by Th. Sentier (after a drawing by Alfred Churchill (?), a journalist from Constantinople who acted as General William Fenwick Williams' private secreatary); half-length portrait in uniform, hatless, with facsimile autograph. Lithograph by Th. Sentier (after a drawing by Alfred Churchill (?), a journalist from Constantinople who acted as General William Fenwick Williams' private secreatary); half-length portrait in uniform, hatless, with facsimile autograph. Thompson along with General William Fenwick Williams and others helped to defend Kars against a Russian assault on September 29, 1855. Eventually forced to surrender in November 1855 and sent to Russia as a prisoner of war, he returned to England but died a few months later on June 13, 1856. [See Peter Harrington, 'The Defence of Kars: Paintings by William Simpson and Thomas Jones Barker', Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. 69, No. 277 (Spring 1991), pages 22-28.] New York, Rockman Prints, 1965.