Who painted “Balaclava”?

“Balaclava” was painted by Elizabeth Thompson in 1876. Where to see it: Manchester Art Gallery.

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Romanticism: Neoclassicism is cool and linear; Romanticism is turbulent and colourful. Realism, which followed, replaced drama with ordinary life.

Elizabeth Southerden Thompson (3 November 1846 – 2 October 1933), later known as Lady Butler, was a British painter who specialised in painting scenes from British military campaigns and battles, including the Crimean War and the Napoleonic Wars. Wikipedia

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More by Elizabeth Thompson

“Scotland Forever!”, 1881
“The 28th Regiment at Quatre Bras”, 1875
“The Roll Call”, 1876
“Remnants of an Army”, 1879
“The Defence of Rorke's Drift”, 1880
“Floreat Etona!”, 1882
“Return From Inkerman”, 1877
“Dawn of Waterloo”