Henry Hope Crealock Lieutenant - General Henry Hope Crealock ( 31 March 1831 – 31 May 1891 ) was a British soldier , artist , and author . Life . He was born on 31 March 1831 , the second son of William Betton Crealock of Langeston in Devon . Crealock entered Rugby School in February 1844 and obtained a commission in the 90th Light Infantry on 13 October 1848 . He obtained his lieutenancy on 24 December 1852 , and his captaincy on 29 December 1854 . On 5 December he landed at Balaklava and served at the siege of Sebastopol . He was mentioned in the despatches for his gallant conduct during the attacks on the Redan on 18 June and 8 September 1855 , and was appointed deputy adjutant quartermaster - general at headquarters on 17 September and at Constantinople in December . For his services he received the brevet rank of major , a medal with a clasp , and the fifth class of the Turkish order of the Medjidie with a medal . On 26 December 1856 he attained the rank of major , and in March 1857 he was appointed deputy adjutant quartermaster - general to the China expeditionary force in the Second Opium War . He was present during the operations at Canton in December 1857 and January 1858 , and received the brevet rank of lieutenant - colonel and a medal with a clasp . On 20 July 1858 he reached the regimental rank of lieutenant - colonel . He served in the Indian campaigns of Rohilkhand , Biswara , and Trans - Gogra following the Indian Rebellion of 1857 , serving during 1858 and 1859 on the staff of Sir William Rose Mansfield . He was present at the actions of Bareilly and Shajehanpur , was mentioned in the despatches , and received a medal with a clasp . In March 1860 he was appointed military secretary to Lord Elgin during his Chinese embassy . He was attached to the headquarters of the army during the war that followed ; was present at the action of Sinho , the capture of the forts at Tangku and Taku , the engagement at Palichau , and the capture of Pekin ; and received a medal with two clasps . On 6 July 1864 he received his colonelcy , and on 2 January 1870 was gazetted major - general . During the Austro - Prussian War he was military attaché at Vienna , and from 1874 to 1877 he served as quartermaster - general in Ireland . In the Anglo - Zulu War he commanded the first division , and for his services was created C . M . G . and received a medal with a clasp . He was also created C . B . Crealock retired from the army on 4 September 1884 with the rank of lieutenant - general . He died on 31 May 1891 , at his residence , 20 Victoria Square . Works . Crealock was an accomplished draughtsman , who made sketches of scenes in the Indian mutiny and China campaign are valuable records . He furnished many sketches of the Zulu campaign to the " Illustrated London News . " He illustrated " Wolf - Hunting , or Wild Sport in Lower Brittany " ( 1875 ) , and George Whyte - Melville ' s " Katerfelto " ( 1875 ) . In 1885 he republished a series of papers which had appeared between 1870 and 1879 on ' The Eastern Question ' ( London ) , written from a point of view hostile to Russia . At the time of his death Crealock was engaged on his work " Deer - Stalking in the Highlands of Scotland " , which appeared in 1892 under the editorship of his brother , Major - general John North Crealock ( 1837 – 1895 ) . The book is profusely illustrated with Crealock ' s drawings .