A member of the Royal Scots Fusiliers playing the bagpipes in a camp in the Zulu War; a Zulu man is crouching down with his hands over his ears. Wood engraving by C.Roberts after Melton Prior, 1879.

  • Prior, Melton, 1845-1910.
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[1879]
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34146i
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Described as an hour of social relaxation" for English and Scottish soldiers before dinner at "the camp of Major-General Newdigate at Landman's Drift ... in the Utrecht district of Transvaal territory bordering on the western frontier of Zululand" (Illustrated London news, op. cit., p. 6)

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[London] : [Illustrated London news], [1879]

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1 print : wood engraving ; image 15.1 x 21.2 cm

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Evening promenade with the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Landman's Drift. A sketch by our special artist, Mr Melton Prior. C.R.

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Wellcome Collection 34146i

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