For the fallen
14th January 2016
This is the rather splendid cover vignette to The Last of the Brave; or Resting Places of our Fallen Heroes in the Crimea and at Scutari by Captains John Colborne and Frederic Brine, published by Ackermann & Co. in 1857. In the introduction, they write: ‘Not quite two summers ago three mighty powers stood breathing defiance against […]
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