Title

'General Louis Botha', (1862-1919), Afrikaner soldier and statesman, 1894-1907. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'General Louis Botha', (1862-1919), Afrikaner soldier and statesman, 1894-1907. Botha was Commander-in-chief of the Boer forces from 1900 during the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902), leading a guerrilla campaign against the British. After the war he served as Prime Minister of Transvaal from 1907-1910, before being elected President of the Union of South Africa, an office he held until 1919. From Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes. (Colorised black and white print).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1894

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D08_277

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

25,7Mb (1,0Mb) / 8,9in x 11,3in / 2656 x 3385 (300dpi)

Keywords

outdoors people male man men hat South Africa politics industry body day guy clothes beard color colour dress Transvaal military war prime minister century soldiers soldier president bearded company concept one person looking away politician colourised 19th century 1900s 20th century nineteenth century statesman The Print Collector Boer Wars Commander Chief commander in chief Ogden's TGN the body Louis Botha photograph portrait guerrilla warfare Unknown Louis Botha 1899-1902 Guinea Gold 2nd Boer war General Louis Botha Second Boer War ommander-in-chief colorised photograph portrait