The South Africa Campaign, 1879

This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library

  • Reference
    • GB 115 RCS/Y3058B
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1879
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 61 item(s) 61 images

Scope and Content

A memorial volume, compiled by J.P. MacKinnon and Sydney Shadbolt, containing sixty-one Woodbury types of head and shoulders portraits (mainly in uniform) of officers killed during the Zulu War. The oval prints, taken by a variety of photographers, measure 91 x 113 mm.

Access Information

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Note

Includes index.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Alternative Form Available

This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche numbers 182-183.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Good condition.

Related Material

A similar volume was later issued to commemorate the dead of the Second Afghan War, see Y302919A.

Additional Information

This collection level description was entered by WS using information from the original typescript catalogue.

J.P. MacKinnon, Sydney Shadbolt