Edwin Weedon

Edwin Weedon painted mid-1800s military scenes in watercolour, showing British forces arriving at the Bosphorus in 1854. In First Landing of the Royal Artillery in the Bosphorus he captures soldiers stepping ashore while a warship heads back to the Black Sea, with the Kooleli barracks in the background. The work gives a clear snapshot of a British campaign halfway across the world. Tap the work to zoom in on the uniforms, flags, and distant ship details.