HS Puzzles 403pc Jigsaw Detail 'The Thin Red Line' IMG_1699
This new hand-cut puzzle was cut by group member HS Puzzles (aka Puzzleman1957). It is quite small at 35 x18cms but contains 406pc, mostly 1.5-2cm across in a lovely and varied swirly rounded-knob style. There is a separate shaped piece showing the title, which I forgot to include in the photo. I am extremely pleased with the puzzle!
The military print, is 'The Thin Red Line' and it shows the red-coated Sutherland Highlanders 93rd (Highland) Regiment at the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854. In this incident, the 93rd, aided by a small force of Royal Marines and some Turkish infantrymen, led by Sir Colin Campbell, routed a Russian cavalry charge. Campbell formed the 93rd into a line two deep — the "thin red line" - rather than the usual four deep. Previously, Campbell’s Highland Brigade had taken part in actions at the Battle of Alma and the Siege of Sevastopol. There were more Victoria Crosses presented to the Highland soldiers at that time than at any other. The event was galvanized in the British press and became an icon of the qualities of the red coat in a war that was poorly managed and increasingly unpopular.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Red_Line_(Battle_of_Balaclava)
Robert Gibb RSA (1845 – 1932) was a Scottish painter who was Keeper of the National Gallery of Scotland from 1895 to 1907 and was Painter and Limner to the King from 1908 until his death. He built his reputation on romantic, historical and particularly military paintings but was also a significant portrait artist.
Born in Lauriston, the son of a builder, he studied art at evening classes at the Board of Manufacturers in Edinburgh and at the life school of the Royal Scottish Academy. He exhibited 143 paintings at the RSA from 1867. By the end of the next decade he had begun to establish his reputation as a painter of battles and was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and was made a full member following the enormous success of his 1881 painting The Thin Red Line which was inspired by his reading of Alexander Kinglake's book 'The Invasion of the Crimea'. He continued painting military scenes throughout the Great War, and his last military painting Backs to the Wall appeared in 1929.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gibb
HS Puzzles 403pc Jigsaw Detail 'The Thin Red Line' IMG_1699
This new hand-cut puzzle was cut by group member HS Puzzles (aka Puzzleman1957). It is quite small at 35 x18cms but contains 406pc, mostly 1.5-2cm across in a lovely and varied swirly rounded-knob style. There is a separate shaped piece showing the title, which I forgot to include in the photo. I am extremely pleased with the puzzle!
The military print, is 'The Thin Red Line' and it shows the red-coated Sutherland Highlanders 93rd (Highland) Regiment at the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854. In this incident, the 93rd, aided by a small force of Royal Marines and some Turkish infantrymen, led by Sir Colin Campbell, routed a Russian cavalry charge. Campbell formed the 93rd into a line two deep — the "thin red line" - rather than the usual four deep. Previously, Campbell’s Highland Brigade had taken part in actions at the Battle of Alma and the Siege of Sevastopol. There were more Victoria Crosses presented to the Highland soldiers at that time than at any other. The event was galvanized in the British press and became an icon of the qualities of the red coat in a war that was poorly managed and increasingly unpopular.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Red_Line_(Battle_of_Balaclava)
Robert Gibb RSA (1845 – 1932) was a Scottish painter who was Keeper of the National Gallery of Scotland from 1895 to 1907 and was Painter and Limner to the King from 1908 until his death. He built his reputation on romantic, historical and particularly military paintings but was also a significant portrait artist.
Born in Lauriston, the son of a builder, he studied art at evening classes at the Board of Manufacturers in Edinburgh and at the life school of the Royal Scottish Academy. He exhibited 143 paintings at the RSA from 1867. By the end of the next decade he had begun to establish his reputation as a painter of battles and was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and was made a full member following the enormous success of his 1881 painting The Thin Red Line which was inspired by his reading of Alexander Kinglake's book 'The Invasion of the Crimea'. He continued painting military scenes throughout the Great War, and his last military painting Backs to the Wall appeared in 1929.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gibb