Title

Field Marshal, the Earl Kitchener, early 20th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Field Marshal, the Earl Kitchener, early 20th century. Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British Field Marshal, diplomat and statesman, (1850-1916) regained the Sudan for Egypt by his victory at the Battle of Omdurman (1898). He was commander of British forces during the Boer War (1899-1902) and served as War Minister from 1914 to 1916. His portrait was used on a famous World War I army recruitment poster. Kitchener drowned when HMS Hampshire, carrying him to Russia, was sunk by a German mine in the North Atlantic in 1916.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C37_027

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (5,6Mb) / 11,9in x 16,4in / 3577 x 4907 (300dpi)

Keywords

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