Col Reilly CRA in a donga - South Africa drawn by the Prince Imperial of France 79
pen and ink, drawing
Accession Number
NAM.1963-12-177-2
Description
Col Reilly CRA in a donga - South Africa drawn by the Prince Imperial of France 79. Pen and ink sketch by Louis Napoleon, Prince Imperial (1856-1879), 1879. Associated with the Zulu War (1879). This caricature of Col (later Maj Gen) William Reilly (1827-1886), was drawn by the Prince Imperial while in the tent of Lt Col John North Crealock, Lord Chelmsford’s Military Secretary, shortly before the prince was killed in an ambush by Zulus on 1 Jun 1879. Reilly commanded the Royal Artillery in southern Africa between February and August 1879 during the Zulu War, before joining the Ordnance Department at The War Office.
Campaigns
Zulu War (1879)
Units
Associated collection
