Sujet

'The Nile Expedition, 1884-85: The Naval Brigade...rescuing Sir Charles Wilson, 1885', (1901). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

'The Nile Expedition, 1884-85: The Naval Brigade under Lord Charles Beresford rescuing Sir Charles Wilson, February 1885', (1901). The Nile Expedition (or Gordon Relief Expedition) was a British mission to relieve Major-General Charles George Gordon who was besieged at Khartoum in the Sudan. The expedition down the River Nile arrived two days after Gordon, and the entire garrison of between 5,000 and 10,000, were slaughtered. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]

Date

1901

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F26_007

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

47,6Mo (5,0Mo) / 29,6cm x 40,3cm / 3500 x 4758 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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