Steel engraving, based on a daguerreotype Hungarian National Museum On this day, 20 April in 1849, RICHARD GUYON (1813-1856) entered the Komárom fortress by adventurously crossing through the besiegers. He then proceeded to defend the fortress until the relief troops arrived. Today we present a photograph that might still exist somewhere, but we only know of its redrawn copy. The hero of Branyiszkó, wearing the 2nd and 3rd classes of the provisional Hungarian Order of Military Merit 1818/49, is seen on a steel engraving by G. J. Stodart. The printed caption under his figure indicates that the engraver worked after a daguerreotype (an image made on a silver-plated copper sheet) borrowed exactly for this reason. The daguerreotype in question was made in Turkey, where Guyon served under the name of Pasha Kurshid. His grave is still in Istanbul. When the grave was restored in 2001, the Hungarian-Turkish Friendship Association had a crest made of Zsolnay pyrogranite placed on it. The inscription on the tomb says: Here lies Count Richard Guyon, Turkish Head General, progeny of France, born of England, hero of Hungary.
