Eastward Ho! (painting)

is an 1858 genre painting by the British artist Henry Nelson O'Neil.

It depicts troops departing to combat the Indian Mutiny embarking from Gravesend while their families bid them farewell.

[3] Today it is part of the collection of the Museum of London.

The popularity of O'Neil's work led him to produce a sequel Home Again in 1859, depicting several of the same figures from the original painting, which shows troops arriving back from overseas service.

[4] This was exhibited at the Royal Academy that year and is also now in the Museum of London.

Home Again , 1859.