A Soldier Relating His Exploits in a Tavern
| A Soldier Relating His Exploits in a Tavern | |
|---|---|
| Artist | John Cawse |
| Year | 1821 |
| Type | Oil on panel, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 32.4 cm × 50.2 cm (12.8 in × 19.8 in) |
| Location | National Army Museum, Chelsea |
A Soldier Relating His Exploits in a Tavern is an 1821 genre painting by the British artist John Cawse.[1] [2] It depicts a scene in a inn where an infantrymen of the British Army is regaling the others present with his stories of military service. As he is wearing a Waterloo Medal and gestures towards an print on the wall he is clearly speaking of his participation of the Hundred Days campaign of 1815. [3]
It conformed to a popular perception that soldiers and veterans were naturally at home in public houses. [4] The painting is today in the collection of the National Army Museum in Chelsea, having been acquired in 1992.[5]
References
- ^ McLoughlin p.22
- ^ Forrest p.79
- ^ https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1992-03-1-1
- ^ Lalumia p.39
- ^ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-soldier-relating-his-exploits-in-a-tavern-182580
Bibliography
- Forrest, Alan I. Waterloo. Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Lalumia, Matthew Paul. Realism and Politics in Victorian Art of the Crimean War. UMI Research Press, 1984.
- McLoughlin, Catherine Mary. Veteran Poetics: British Literature in the Age of Mass Warfare, 1790-2015.Cambridge University Press, 2018.