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The Swazi Queen in Conference with the British and Transvaal Commissioners, 1890. Creator: P Naumann.

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The Swazi Queen in Conference with the British and Transvaal Commissioners, 1890. 'Mr. Van Alphen [and Dr. Krause, legal advisers for the Transvaal Commissioners]; Mr. Schreiner [a professional man acquainted with Dutch law, for the British Commissioners]; Captain Baden-Powell [Secretary to the British Mission]; Mr. Esselen [attached to the Dutch Commissioners, but also one of the Swaziland Committee]; Tecuba, Prime Minister; The Swazi Prince Regent; Swazi Indunas...the final diplomatic interview with Usibati, the Queen Regent...at the Inkanini Kraal. Her Majesty, a woman of majestic corpulence, with bare arms and bosom...squats on a mat in the fenced enclosure before her palace hut...[Also shown are] Mr. Shepstone, Resident Adviser to the Swazis, and Chairman of the Provisional Government Committee...Mr. G. Ferreira, Swazi-Dutch interpreter...Mr. Jackson, [British] interpreter...great men of the Swazi nation...to the Queen's right hand, sit the British and Dutch Commissioners...Colonel Sir Francis de Winton,...General Joubert...Vice-President of the Transvaal Republic...Assistant Transvaal Commissioner, General Smit...Colonel Martin, Assistant British Commissioner and one of the Provisional Government Committee'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM25A56_446

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