The late Major-General William Earle, C.B., C.S.I., born May 18. 1833, killed at Kirbekan, in the Soudan, on Tuesday February 10, 1885
lithograph, colour, print
Accession Number
NAM.2002-05-71-1
Description
The late Major-General William Earle, C.B., C.S.I., born May 18. 1833, killed at Kirbekan, in the Soudan, on Tuesday February 10, 1885. Colour lithograph engraved by Zapp and Bennett, 1885. Published as a supplement to the ‘Pictorial World’, London, Feb 1885. Print shows Maj Gen Earle seated, head three quarters left, wearing uniform, with one hand resting on his sword. Associated with 1st Sudan War.
Events
Kirbekan, Battle of, 1885 (1st Sudan War 1883-1885)