National Army Museum

Undel Wells, a camp site in the Suru Pass, about 17 miles above the ‘Devil’s Staircase’, Abyssinia, 1868

watercolour, watercolour

Accession Number

NAM.1959-08-81-1

Description

Undel Wells, a camp site in the Suru Pass, about 17 miles above the ‘Devil’s Staircase’, Abyssinia, 1868. Watercolour by Lt Cornelius Francis (Frank) James, Bombay Staff Corps, 1868. Associated with Abyssinia (1867-1868).

Events

Magdala, Capture of, 1868 (Abyssinia 1867-1868)

Units

Indian Army

Bombay Staff Corps

People

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia

Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)

Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)

Carey, Margaret

James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)

Dimensions

Width: 44.5 cm Text: 67 cm

Associated collection

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
Lake Ashangi, looking towards Lat, 10,000 ft above the sea, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 211 mm
Text: 156 mm

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
The church of St Michael at Focada, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 211 mm
Text: 160 mm

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
Goon Goona water falls, 12 miles down from Senafe, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 160 mm
Text: 215 mm

Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
Senafe, first camp on the high land, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 205 mm
Text: 155 mm

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
Undel Wells, a halting place about 17 miles up the Sooro Pass, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 140 mm
Text: 210 mm

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
Sooroo Pass or the Devil's Staircase, the road made by our men, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 215 mm
Text: 145 mm

Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
Koomaloo, 14 miles from Zoola, at the entrance of the Sooroo Pass, the terminus of the railway, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 210 mm
Text: 155 mm

Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Heath, Leopold
Octavia
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
Zoola, the landing place of the force, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 200 mm
Text: 76 mm

Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
Lake Ashangi, looking towards Lat, 10,000 ft above the sea, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 160 mm
Text: 120 mm

James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
The church of St Michael at Focada, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 160 mm
Text: 116 mm

Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
The peaks of Adowa, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 204 mm
Text: 138 mm

Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
The ruins at Agoola, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 200 mm
Text: 150 mm

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
Amba Alaji [sic] - stronghold of Waldo Yessoos, 10,800 ft above the sea, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 20 cm
Text: 15 cm

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
King Theodore of Abyssinia, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 200 mm
Text: 150 mm

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
The 10th Royal Engineers sappers and miners and 33rd (Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment of Foot storming the gateway at Magdala, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 145 mm
Text: 200 mm

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
The Chetta Ravine, a road built by Theodores army (Jidda), Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 150 mm
Text: 205 mm

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
The Wandich Pass, below the valley [sic] of Takassee, on the south the hills of Santara, Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Width: 205 mm
Text: 154 mm

Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Maull and Fox

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
The peaks of Adowa, or Dogtooth Mountains, with a view of Adigrat and Sabagardis’ palace in the foreground, Abyssinia, 1868
Width: 30.5 cm
Text: 18.5 cm

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
Magdala, view from Selassie, overlooking the camp of King Theodore’s army on the plateau of Salamji, Abyssinia, 1868
Width: 67 cm
Text: 46 cm

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
The ‘Devil’s Staircase’ in the Suru Pass, Abyssinia, 1868
Width: 43 cm
Text: 66 cm

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
Goon Goona waterfall in the Valley of ‘Mai Moona’, 12 miles from Senafay, Abyssinia, 1868

Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
Storming of the Gateway, Magdala, 13 April 1868
Width: 479 mm
Text: 707 mm
Part 1: 679 mm
Part 1: 448 mm

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
The scene of the Massacre, Magdala, 1868
Width: 43 cm
Text: 63.5 cm

Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)

Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Hawke, John

Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)

Frank James

Tewodros (Theodore) II of Abyssinia
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Robert Cornelis NAPIER, (1810-1890)
Carey, Margaret

Stanley Malcolm Edwardes, (1863 - 1937)
Cornelius Francis JAMES, (1838-1889)
Carey, Margaret
James, Cornelius Francis (Frank)
The embarkation of elephants in Bombay dockyard, Abyssinian Campaign, 1867
Width: 200 mm
Text: 150 mm