Photograph of Major-General Sir John Carstairs McNeill. He is standing looking slightly to the left with a bicorne hat in his right hand and a sword in his left. He is wearing military uniform with the Order of the Bath and the Order of St Michael and St George. There is a low stone wall and a painted scene of a garden behind him.

Major-General Sir John Carstairs McNeill was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Invasion of the Waikato.

This photograph comes from an album from Queen Victoria’s collection titled 'AFGHANISTAN AND EGYPT PORTRAITS 1879 AND 1882' (RCIN 2501413). The album contains photographs of British soldiers who served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80) and Anglo-Egyptian War (1882).