Abou Kleea, Sudan. Death of Burnaby
watercolour en grisaille, drawing
Accession Number
NAM.1982-09-39-1
Description
Abou Kleea, Sudan. Death of Burnaby. Pen and ink and wash drawing en grisaille. Inscribed right ‘CEF (?), attributed tentatively to Charles Edwin Fripp, 1885. Col Frederick Burnaby, Royal Horse Guards, after he received a fatal wound in the neck from a dervish spear, supported by Private Wood, Grenadier Guards, Battle of Abu Klea, 17 Jan 1885, 1st Sudan War (1884-1885).
Events
Abu Klea, Battle of, 1885 (1st Sudan War 1883-1885)