The Defence of Kars

Hand-colored engraving after Simpson, published June 7th, 1859; group of officers on hillside above town, looking at plan of fort; civilians seated nearby, woman collapsed on ground with two children in left foregorund, one of whom appeals for help. Hand-colored engraving after Simpson, published June 7th, 1859; group of officers on hillside above town, looking at plan of fort; civilians seated nearby, woman collapsed on ground with two children in left foregorund, one of whom appeals for help. Large oblong folio; margins trimmed; stained, soiled. [See: Harrington, Peter, 'The Defence of Kars, 1855: Paintings by William Simpson and Thomas Jones Barker', Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. LXIX, No 277 (Spring 1991), pp. 22-28].