Scotland Forever! is an 1881 painting by Lady Butler

Elizabeth Thompson

Elizabeth Southerden Thompson, Lady Butler was a British painter, one of the few female painters to achieve fame for history paintings, especially military battle scenes, at the end of that tradition...

 depicting the start of the charge by the Royal Scots Greys at the Battle of Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...

 in 1815. In actuality, it appears that Scots Greys never started the charge at a gallop, due to the broken ground, and instead advanced at a quick walk. The painting is now housed at the Leeds Art Gallery

Leeds Art Gallery

Leeds Art Gallery in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is a museum whose collection of 20th century British Art is recognised by the British government as a collection "of national importance". Its collection also includes 19th century and earlier art works. The gallery opened on 3 October 1888 as...

, having been one of its earliest acquisitions, a gift from Colonel Thomas Walter Harding (1843–1927) http://www.leeds.gov.uk/artgallery/Leeds_Art_Gallery/Watercolours_Drawings_and_Prints.aspx. It was also an inspiration for the depiction of the same charge in the film Waterloo.

The regiment was based at Piershill Barracks in Restalrig

Restalrig

Restalrig is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located east of the city centre, west of the A199 road, and to the east of Lochend, with which it overlaps. Restalrig Road is the main route through the area, running from London Road at Jock's Lodge, to Leith Links at the south edge of...

, Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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