National Army Museum

Behind the Orange River intrenchments [sic] holding back the bravely advancing Boers - S. Africa

photograph, stereoscopic, photograph

Accession Number

NAM.1998-01-135-82

Description

Stereoscopic card captioned: Behind the Orange River intrenchments [sic] holding back the bravely advancing Boers - 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.

Campaigns

Boer War (1899-1902)

Units

British Army

Boer Forces

People

Underwood and Underwood

Works and Sun Sculpture Studios

Inscriptions

Inscribed on the front of the card: ‘in the Orange River Trenches holding back the Boers-South Africa / Copyright 1900 by Underwood & Underwood.’ Inscribed on the back of the card: ‘Behind the Orange River intrenchments holding back the bravely advancing Boers- 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