historicalfirearms:Highland Attack & Defence: Two of Robert Gibb’s Crimean War EpicsAbove are tw
historicalfirearms:Highland Attack & Defence: Two of Robert Gibb’s Crimean War EpicsAbove are two of Scottish artist Robert Gibb’s most famous paintings of the Crimean War. First is his 1889, painting ‘Alma: Advance of the 42nd Highlanders’ depicting the Black Watch’s fighting advance uphill against Russian positions on hills above the Alma River. Below is ‘The Thin Red Line’ painted in 1881, commemorating the 93rd Highlanders’ famous repulsing of Russian cavalry at the Battle of Balaclava. The Scottish-born Robert Gibb became well known for his military paintings during the late 19th century and early 20th. It was ’The Thin Red Line’ which brought him to prominence in the early 1880s. Gibb was prolific painting scenes from the Napoleonic War, the Crimean War and numerous colonial campaigns as well as being a prominent portrait artist. In 1908 he became the Painter and Limner to the King a ceremonial court appointment of an artist responsible for painting the monarch in Scotland. He painted well into his eighties with one of his last military paintings, ’Backs to the Wall’, being a scene from the Great War.Image One SourceImage Two Source -- source link