A Pic-Nic in the Baltic - drawn by J. W. Carmichael, 1856. British officers enjoying a break from the Crimean War. 'This Picnic, sketched by Mr. Carmichael, was proposed on board Edinburgh, when she was lying off Nargen, July 30, 1855. The First Lieutenant kindly allowed all the officers leave that could be spared. They landed at ten a walked four miles inland to a Russian unpacked the provisions, and sat down comfortably and primitively to a most refreshing meal, seasoned by good spirits and all the frolic of a sailors' treat on shore'. From "Illustrated Lon
A Pic-Nic in the Baltic - drawn by J. W. Carmichael, 1856. British officers enjoying a break from the Crimean War. 'This Picnic, sketched by Mr. Carmichael, was proposed on board Edinburgh, when she was lying off Nargen, July 30, 1855. The First Lieutenant kindly allowed all the officers leave that could be spared. They landed at ten a walked four miles inland to a Russian unpacked the provisions, and sat down comfortably and primitively to a most refreshing meal, seasoned by good spirits and all the frolic of a sailors' treat on shore'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.
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