Title

Charles George Gordon, British soldier and administrator, (1893).Artist: G Cook

Caption

Charles George Gordon, British soldier and administrator, (1893). 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. An engraving from James Taylor's The Age We Live In: A History of the Nineteenth Century, From the Peace of 1815 to the Present Time, William Mackenzie, (London, 1893).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1893

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C12_393

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (2,9Mb) / 11,4in x 17,1in / 3405 x 5139 (300dpi)

Keywords

England job country occupation British English decoration war location century Britain profession general soldiers soldier concept attache administrator military uniform 19th century Military personnel nineteenth century The Print Collector Charles George Gordon General Gordon engraving portrait attaché G Cook Gordon General Charles George Chinese Gordon Cherles George Cook G engraving portrait