The Last of the Garrison is an oil painting on canvas by British artist Briton Rivière, from 1875.A Century of Collecting, 1882-1982: A Guide to the Manchester City Art Galleries. Manchester City Art Gallery, 1983. p.20
A historical genre painting it shows a scene from the English Civil War of the mid-seventeenth century. A bloodhound lies fatally wounded, the last defender of the Royalist garrison of a manor house under enemy assault.Manchester Art Gallery
The picture was display at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1875 held at Burlington House in London. It was acquired by Manchester Art Gallery in 1898 from the art dealers Thomas Agnew and Sons.Art UK In 1913 it was subject to vandalism during an attack by Suffragettes.Jackson p.80
References
Bibliography Jackson, Penelope. Females in the Frame: Women, Art, and Crime. Springer International Publishing, 2020.