7340 x 4776 px | 62,1 x 40,4 cm | 24,5 x 15,9 inches | 300dpi
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Vintage lithograph print circa 1855 entitled "The Attack on the Malakoff" and depicting the Battle of Malakoff during the Crimean War. The battle was fought on September 7 1855 between French and Russian forces as part of the Siege of Sevastopol (September 1854 - September 1855). The print shows French soldiers storming across defensive ditches to engage Russian forces defending the Malakoff redoubt. The battle was won by the French and their capture of the Malakoff, the main Russian fortification before Sevastopol, paved the way for the capture of Sevastopol itself - ending one of the most famous sieges of the 19th century. The Crimean War (October 1853 - February 1856) was fought between the Russian Empire on one side and an alliance of the French Empire, British Empire, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Sardinia and the Duchy of Nassau on the other. Artist William Simpson (1823 - 1899).
