Lt Hope at the Redan


The artist Desanges depicted many of the heroic deeds of the period and this one shows a cleanly dressed and sympathetic-looking Lieutenant William Hopegiving a drink to the wounded adjutant. He is oblivious of a shell exploding a few metres behind him.


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