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Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde

(1792-1863), Field Marshal

Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 28 portraits
Campbell commanded the Highland Brigade during the Crimean War (1854), including at the Battle of Balaclava. At the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny (1857), Lord Palmerston offered Clyde the command of the forces in India. He led the final relief of Lucknow (1857) and was created Baron Clyde in 1858, bringing the rebellion to a final end in December of that year. He returned to England in 1859 and was made a Field Marshal.

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The Relief of Lucknow, 1857, by Thomas Jones Barker - NPG 5851

The Relief of Lucknow, 1857

by Thomas Jones Barker
oil on canvas, 1859
On display in Room 23 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5851

Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, by and after Herbert Watkins - NPG x6181

Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde

by and after Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1857
NPG x6181

Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, by Caldesi, Blanford & Co - NPG Ax17295

Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde

by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax17295

'Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age', by Frederick Holland Mares, after  Disdéri, and  Camille Silvy, and  Duroni & Murer, and  Émile Desmaisons, and  John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and  Herbert Watkins, and  William Edward Kilburn, and  Horatio Nelson King, and  John & Charles Watkins, and  James Mudd, and  Unknown photographers, published by  Ashford Brothers & Co - NPG x139661

'Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age'

by Frederick Holland Mares, after Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and Duroni & Murer, and Émile Desmaisons, and John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Herbert Watkins, and William Edward Kilburn, and Horatio Nelson King, and John & Charles Watkins, and James Mudd, and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x139661

Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, by George Zobel, after  Henry Wyndham Phillips - NPG D33540

Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde

by George Zobel, after Henry Wyndham Phillips
mezzotint, published 1856
NPG D33540

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