Title

'The Light Infantry (1846)', c1846 (1909). Artists: Unknown, William Walker.

Caption

'The Light Infantry (1846)', c1846 (1909). Light infantry (or skirmishers) are soldiers whose job was to provide a skirmishing screen ahead of the main body of infantry, harassing and delaying the enemy advance. After Michael Angelo Hayes R. H. A. (1820-1877). From British Military Prints, by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur, London, 1909]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1846

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C83_239

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,8Mb (3,5Mb) / 12,8in x 16,3in / 3853 x 4884 (300dpi)

Keywords

outdoors animal animals horses horse arts book magazine strategy British military war century Britain soldiers soldier literature horseback concept border B&W tactics MONOCHROME tactical military uniform inset 19th century infantry military exercise battlefield black & white black and white B W 1900s 20th century nineteenth century The Print Collector light infantry The Connoisseur lithograph portrait Unknown Ralph Nevill Hayes Ralph Nevill William Walker Walker William British Military Prints Michael Angelo Hayes Michael Angelo Ralph Nevill Michael Angelo Hayes lithograph portrait