Title

Bust of General Charles Gordon, British soldier and administrator, 1886. Creator: William Theed.

Caption

Bust of General Charles Gordon, British soldier and administrator, 1886. Known as 'Chinese Gordon' because of his exploits in China in the Second Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion, General Gordon (1833-1885) was killed at Khartoum on 26 January 1885 when the forces of the Mahdi overwhelmed the city.

Date

1886

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Guildhall Art Gallery

Reference

HRM19B02_100

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,3Mb (782,8Kb) / 9,5in x 12,3in / 2861 x 3698 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people male face job man men head arts country body bodies sculpture art guy occupation British English Sudan uniform dress military war location Victorian century Colonial empire Britain profession bust general soldiers soldier concept APPAREL head and shoulders attache killed administrator military uniform 19th century Military personnel nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery British Empire colonialism Charles George Gordon General Gordon portrait attaché sculpture marble William Theed General William Theed II Gordon General Charles George Chinese Gordon Charles George Theed William Gordon Pasha 19th-century clothing & dress fashion & clothing General Charles George Gordon Gordon of Khartoum Major-General Charles George Gordon Charles Gord