A Fort in the Northern Frontier district, East Africa, 1915.
drypoint, etching
Accession Number
NAM.2000-06-167-1
Description
A Fort in the Northern Frontier district, East Africa, 1915. Drypoint etching, signed lower right ‘<N Conymore>’ (not traced), inscribed lower left, ‘29.15 To Monte...’; published 1915 (c). A corner turret with a soldier standing guard, silhouetted by fading light; the print was the possession of Col Brian Frederick Montgomery, brother of FM Viscount Montgomery, who served in the Kings African Rifles in the Northern Frontier district, East Africa.
Campaigns
World War One, East Africa (1914-1918)