The Matabella [sic] War With Col. Whinfields Column, 1896 (c)
pen and ink with wash, drawing
Accession Number
NAM.1999-08-6-1
Description
The Matabella [sic] War With Col. Whinfields Column, 1896 (c). One page of pen and ink with wash drawings; artist unknown; from an illustrated account of the 2nd Matabele War (1896-1897) on nine sheets of paper, 18 sides. Front: picture 1: 9 pdrs, Maxim guns, Cape Mounted Police, 10th Hussars, 2nd Bn Mounted Infantry (10 each of KRR, Norfolks, Royal Fusiliers, Queen’s and Irish Rfls); picture 2: Cape Mounted Police. Verso: picture 3: Sgt Willmot of the Cape Mounted Police being rescued by Pte Summerfield, 10th Hussars; picture 4: ‘A Halt on the road’; two vignettes: Capt Wilson, 9th Lancers and Capt Roland, KRR.
Campaigns
2nd Matabele War (1896-1897)
Units