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Summary
Drummer James Roddick of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders, defending Lieutenant Menzies during hand-to-hand fighting in Kandahar, 1880
Artist
William Skeoch Cumming (1864-1929)
Title
Drummer James Roddick of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders, defending Lieutenant Menzies during hand-to-hand fighting in Kandahar, 1880
Date
1894
date QS:P571,+1894-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour
Dimensions
height: 71.1 cm (27.9 in); width: 107.9 cm (42.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,71.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,107.9U174728
Inscriptions
Signature and date bottom left:
W. Skeoch Cumming/1894
Source/Photographer
Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5123798 (sale 7555, lot 47, London, 23 October 2008)
Licensing
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