Title
Historic Grahamstown
Caption
The winged figure of Peace graces a monument seen in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape of South Africa on Monday November 8, 2004. The monument is to "the Men of Albany" who lost their lives in the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. The sculpture is by Stanley Nicholson Babb and Rudyard Kipling specially wrote the inscription. The bronze relief-plaque on it honouring the Pioneer women depicts the legendary heroism of Elizabeth Salt, who reputedly carried a keg of gunpowder to the troops during the Battle of Grahamstown on 22 April 1819. She benefited from a noteworthy Xhosa tradition not to harm women in warfare. (Photo by Christine Nesbitt)
Credit line
Photo12/Africa Media Online
Reference
APN09A03_275
Usage
only for France, Belgium, Switzerland
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
17,2Mb (817,3Kb) / 6,7in x 10,0in / 2000 x 3008 (300dpi)