FDA-E.1208-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1208-2014
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.
Other number
20010000010274
MEL.19:01-2010
MEL.19:01-2010
Description
Inscription
'In the Collection of A. E. Perkins Esq. By Permission of Messrs Henry Graves Publishers of the Large Plates'
'Not to be detached from 'The Art Journal''
'Not to be detached from 'The Art Journal''
Physical description
Wooden frame with gilt inlay
Production
Person
Butler, Elizabeth Southerden, 1846 - 1933 (Source artist)
Virtue, James Sprent, 1829 - 1892 (Publisher)
Virtue, James Sprent, 1829 - 1892 (Publisher)
History and association
Object history note
Transferred from MEL to FDA 13/02/2014
Previous ownership
