Scotland Forever! | |
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![]() Scotland Forever! | |
Artist | Elizabeth Thompson |
Year | 1881 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Movement | Military art |
Subject | Royal Scots Greys at the Battle of Waterloo |
Dimensions | 101.6 cm × 194.3 cm (40.0 in × 76.5 in) |
Location | Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds |
Website | web |
Scotland Forever! is an 1881 oil painting by Lady Butler depicting the start of the charge of the Royal Scots Greys, a British heavy cavalry regiment that charged with other British heavy cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The painting has been reproduced many times and is considered an iconic representation of the battle itself, and of heroism more generally.[1][2]