'remnants of an army' by elizabeth butler portraying william brydon arriving at the gates of jalalabad as the only survivor of a 16,500 strong evacuation from kabul in january 1842. This is a better copy of a file in commons (this image is in the public domain due to its age). Object Type: painting. Genre: battle painting. Date: 1879. Dimensions: 132.1 x 233.7 cm. Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: William Brydon. Collection: Tate Britain. Remnants of an army2