CAPTAIN BRISCOE AND MEN OF THE P. AND O. STEAMER ‘TANJORE’ PATROLLING THE STREETS OF ALEXANDRIA, 1882.
Wood engraving after Frederic Villiers, published by ‘The Graphic’, 12 Aug 1882.
Armed seven man patrol standing by a shop with broken windows and looted goods outside, a man in native dress walking past.
The SS Tanjore, from the fleet of the P&O Company, was employed as a shelter ship for refugees who left Alexandria either before or after the bombardment.