Title

'Sir George Colley at Majuba Hill', 1906. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Sir George Colley at the Battle of Majuba Hill, South Africa, 1881 (1906). Majuba Hill was the main and decisive battle of the First Boer War. The Boers won the battle and Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley, commander of the British forces, was killed. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. VII. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1906

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C71_151

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,7Mb (4,5Mb) / 11,3in x 16,5in / 3375 x 4935 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa England people male man men South Africa country guy continent British English fighting military war location Victorian century Britain general soldiers soldier concept defeat B&W defeated MONOCHROME Army warfare commander 19th century battlefield black & white black and white B W nineteenth century history The Print Collector Boer Wars British Empire colonialism TGN Unknown George Pomeroy 1880-1881 Scramble for Africa First Boer War George Pomeroy Colley Colley Sir George Pomeroy Colley George Colley Sir George Colley