Title

A tale of a tail by Joseph Ferdinand Keppler

Caption

A tale of a tail by Joseph Ferdinand Keppler (1838-1894). Print, Chromolithograph of Viscount Wolseley attempting to glue the tail labelled 'Prestige' onto a weeping British Lion with the aid of British Prime Minister William E Gladstone who is holding a glue pot labelled 'Berber Expedition';a large, bloody animal trap labelled 'Khartoum Trap' and 'El Mahdi Patent' is in the foreground.

Date

1885

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP17A31_357

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,0Mb (5,7Mb) / 16,2in x 14,4in / 4857 x 4318 (300dpi)

Keywords

tale tail Joseph Ferdinand Keppler Print Chromolithograph Viscount Wolseley attempting glue tail labelled 'Prestige' onto weeping British Lion aid British Prime Minister William Gladstone glue pot Berber Expedition bloody animal trap Khartoum El Mahdi Islamic fundamentalism Islam nationalist Sudan 19th century