A Soldier Relating His Exploits in a Tavern
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| A Soldier Relating His Exploits in a Tavern | |
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| Artist | John Cawse |
| Year | 1821 |
| Type | Oil on panel, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 32.4 cm × 50.2 cm (12.8 in × 19.8 in) |
| Location | National Army Museum, Chelsea |
A Soldier Relating His Exploits in a Tavern is an 1821 genre painting by the British artist John Cawse.[1][2] It depicts a scene in a inn where an infantrymen of the British Army is regaling the others present with his stories of military service. As he is wearing a Waterloo Medal and gestures towards an print on the wall he is clearly speaking of his participation of the Hundred Days campaign of 1815.[3]
It conformed to a popular perception that soldiers and veterans were naturally at home in public houses.[4] The painting is today in the collection of the National Army Museum in Chelsea, having been acquired in 1992.[5]
