FDA-E.1076-2013
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1076-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Floreat Etona!
Title Type
assigned by artist
Description
Printed image showing soliders on horseback charging, with their swords held aloft, during battle
Comments
This image captures the action during the Battle of Laing's Nek. The battle was fought at Laing's Nek (or Lang's Nek), a pass through the Drakensberg mountain range in South Africa, south of Charlestown, during the First Boer War on 28 January 1881.
Description
Dimensions
height (sight size): 438mm
width (sight size): 375mm
width (sight size): 375mm
Dimension note
Approximate dimensions
Inscription
Printed lettering: 'Lady Butler'
Limited edition print: '224/500'
Limited edition print: '224/500'
Materials & techniques note
Photographic reproduction, modern print
Physical description
Gilt and blue plastic frame
Production
Person
Butler, Elizabeth Southerden, 1846 - 1933 (Source artist)
Webb, John Cother, 1855 - 1927 (Engraver)
Heritage Fine Art (Publisher)
Webb, John Cother, 1855 - 1927 (Engraver)
Heritage Fine Art (Publisher)
Date
27/02/1981
History and association
Object history note
Original print in the private collection of Major Philip N. Erskine, Stellenbosch, in 1981 at time of this reproduction
