Sujet

General Gordon's Garden, Khartoum, Sudan, c1890. Creator: Newton & Co.

Légende

General Gordon's Garden, Khartoum, Sudan, c1890. Known as 'Chinese Gordon' because of his exploits in China in the Second Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion, General Gordon (1833-1885) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. Appointed Governor-General of the Sudan in 1880, he was killed at Khartoum on 26 January 1885 when the forces of the Mahdi overwhelmed the city. Lantern slide.

Date

1890

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C60_404

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,1Mo (3,4Mo) / 31,4cm x 40,0cm / 3706 x 4721 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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