National Army Museum

General Cronje’s 4, 000 brave Boers after surrendering to Roberts’ force of 50, 000, Feb. 27th, Paardeberg, S. Africa

photograph, stereoscopic, photograph

Accession Number

NAM.1998-01-135-49

Description

Stereoscopic card captioned: General Cronje’s 4, 000 brave Boers after surrendering to Roberts’ force of 50, 000, Feb. 27th, Paardeberg, S. Africa. From a box of 89 stereoscopic cards entitled, ‘South African War through the Stereoscope Pt 2 Vol 1’. Published by Underwood and Underwood and produced by Works and Sun Sculpture Studios, 1900 (c). Caption is translated in French, German, Spanish, Russian on the back of the card.

Events

Paardeberg, Battle of, 1900 (Boer War 1899-1902)

Units

British Army

Boer Forces

People

Piet Arnoldus Cronjé, (1835-1911)

Sir Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl ROBERTS VC KG KP GCB OM GCSI GCIE VD PC FRSGS, (1832-1914)

Underwood and Underwood

Works and Sun Sculpture Studios

Inscriptions

Inscribed on the front of the card: ‘General Cronje’s 4, 000 Boers after their surrender, Feb. 27th, Paardeberg, S. Africa. / Copyright 1900 by Underwood & Underwood.’ Inscribed on the back of the card: ‘General Cronje’s 4, 000 brave Boers after surrendering to Roberts’ force of 50,000, Feb. 27th, / Paardeberg, S. Africa. ‘ Inscribed to the left of the card: ‘Underwood & Underwood, Publishers / New York. London. Toronto-Canada. Ottawa-Kansas.’ Inscribed to the right of the card: ‘Works and SUN SCULPTURE TRADE MARK Studios / Arlington. R. J. Littleton. R. H. Washington. D. C.’

Associated collection