Sujet

Lord Kitchener of Khartum', c1885, (1901).

Légende

'Lord Kitchener of Khartum', c1885, (1901). Portrait of Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, Irish-born British soldier and statesman. Herbert Kitchener (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. From "The Life and Deeds of Earl Roberts, Vol. IV. - To Lord Roberts's Reign in Pall Mall", by J. Maclaren Cobban. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]

Date

1901

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F15_108

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

61,5Mo (2,2Mo) / 32,2cm x 47,9cm / 3798 x 5658 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Photographie portrait Gens Homme visage homme hommes la politique corps Britannique guerre Victorien Ere victorienne siècle Grande-Bretagne UK Royaume-Uni Angleterre moustache généralités soldats soldat concept politicien 19e siècle aristocratie aristocrate politiciens Années 1900 20e siècle dix-neuvième siècle histoire historique The Print Collector Lord Kitchener Secretary of State for War photographie portrait Lord Roberts Kitchener Horatio Herbert Kitchener Lord Horatio Herbert Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener Horatio Herbert Kitchener Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts Elliott & Fry Elliott and Fry TC and EC Jack Jack TC and EC T. C. & E. C. Jack T. C. & E. C. J Maclaren Cobban Cobban J Maclaren James Maclaren J. Maclaren Cobban J. Maclaren James Maclaren Cobban Frederick Sleigh Earl Kitchener Kit Fry Elliott and Fry Elliott &