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Background imageTigray Collection: The War in Abyssinia: the British camp at Attala, 1868. Creator: Unknown

The War in Abyssinia: the British camp at Attala, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The War in Abyssinia: the British camp at Attala, 1868. Engraving of '...a sketch by Major Leveson, of the British camp at Attala, near Lake Ashangi

Background imageTigray Collection: The British Expedition to Abyssinia: the intrenched position of Adigerat, 1868. Creator: Unknown

The British Expedition to Abyssinia: the intrenched position of Adigerat, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The British Expedition to Abyssinia: the intrenched position of Adigerat, 1868. British army camp in Ethiopia. 'This place...is about forty miles from Senafe

Background imageTigray Collection: The British Expedition to Abyssinia: march of the army past Lake Ashangi, 1868. Creator: Unknown

The British Expedition to Abyssinia: march of the army past Lake Ashangi, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The British Expedition to Abyssinia: march of the army past Lake Ashangi, 1868. Engraving of a sketch by '...our Correspondent

Background imageTigray Collection: The British Expedition to Abyssinia: Lake Ashangi from the Antalo Road, 1868. Creator: Unknown

The British Expedition to Abyssinia: Lake Ashangi from the Antalo Road, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The British Expedition to Abyssinia: Lake Ashangi from the Antalo Road, 1868. Engraving of a sketch by '...our Correspondent, the Staff Officer'

Background imageTigray Collection: The Abyssinian Expedition: woman grinding corn in Tigre, 1868. Creator: Unknown

The Abyssinian Expedition: woman grinding corn in Tigre, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The Abyssinian Expedition: woman grinding corn in Tigre, 1868. '...a woman grinding some kind of grain, in a house visited by our Special Artist, in the province of Tigre [in Ethiopia]

Background imageTigray Collection: The Abyssinian Expedition: village under the Antalo Amba, 1868. Creator: Unknown

The Abyssinian Expedition: village under the Antalo Amba, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The Abyssinian Expedition: village under the Antalo Amba, 1868. View of '...the scenery in the neighbourhood of Adowa, with the "Amba" or hill-fort

Background imageTigray Collection: The Abyssinian Expedition: view of Antalo, 1868. Creator: Unknown

The Abyssinian Expedition: view of Antalo, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The Abyssinian Expedition: view of Antalo, [Ethiopia], 1868. View '...sketched from a point half way up the hill surmounted by the "Amba" [steep-sided, flat-topped mountain]

Background imageTigray Collection: The Abyssinian Expedition: view from the fortified post of Adigerat, 1868. Creator: Unknown

The Abyssinian Expedition: view from the fortified post of Adigerat, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The Abyssinian Expedition: view from the fortified post of Adigerat, 1868. '...a landscape view, taken from the fortified [British Army] post which has been formed at Adigerat

Background imageTigray Collection: The Expedition to Abyssinia: meeting of the Prince of Tigre with Sir Robert Napier, 1868

The Expedition to Abyssinia: meeting of the Prince of Tigre with Sir Robert Napier, 1868. Creator: C. R
The Expedition to Abyssinia: meeting of the Prince of Tigre with Sir Robert Napier, near Ad-Abaga, 1868. 'the army of Tigre...numbered about 4000 men, who moved in a long

Background imageTigray Collection: The Abyssinian Expedition: camp of General Sir R. Napier at Ad-Abaga, 1868. Creator: Unknown

The Abyssinian Expedition: camp of General Sir R. Napier at Ad-Abaga, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The Abyssinian Expedition: camp of General Sir R. Napier at Ad-Abaga, 1868. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. G. A. Henty, of British troops in '...Harimat

Background imageTigray Collection: The Abyssinian Expedition: General Sir Robert Napier's camp at Adigerat, 1868. Creator: Unknown

The Abyssinian Expedition: General Sir Robert Napier's camp at Adigerat, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The Abyssinian Expedition: General Sir Robert Napier's camp at Adigerat, 1868. Engraving of a sketch by 'Count Seckendorff, a distinguished officer of the Guards in the Prussian Army

Background imageTigray Collection: The Abyssinian Expedition: arrival at Adigerat of an ambassador from Kassai, King of Tigre, 1868

The Abyssinian Expedition: arrival at Adigerat of an ambassador from Kassai, King of Tigre, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The Abyssinian Expedition: arrival at Adigerat of an ambassador from Kassai, King of Tigre, 1868. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. G. A. Henty, (war correspondent)

Background imageTigray Collection: The Abyssinian Expedition: Adowa, from the road to Axum, 1868. Creator: Unknown

The Abyssinian Expedition: Adowa, from the road to Axum, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The Abyssinian Expedition: Adowa, from the road to Axum, 1868. 'Adowa, or Adwa, the chief town of Tigre [Tigray, Ethiopia]...contains nearly 10, 000 inhabitants

Background imageTigray Collection: The Abyssinian Expedition: a native ploughing in the province of Tigre, 1868. Creator: Unknown

The Abyssinian Expedition: a native ploughing in the province of Tigre, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The Abyssinian Expedition: a native ploughing in the province of Tigre, 1868. Illustration of '...the plough used by a husbandman in that country [ie Ethiopia]

Background imageTigray Collection: The Abyssinian Expedition: a sketch in the town of Adigerat, 1868. Creator: Unknown

The Abyssinian Expedition: a sketch in the town of Adigerat, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The Abyssinian Expedition: a sketch in the town of Adigerat, 1868. Engraving of a sketch by 'Count Seckendorff, a distinguished officer of the Guards in the Prussian Army

Background imageTigray Collection: Abyssinia, showing the route of the British forces, 1868. Creator: John Dower

Abyssinia, showing the route of the British forces, 1868. Creator: John Dower
Abyssinia, showing the route of the British forces, 1868. 'A map of Abyssinia, showing the whole route of the British army, under General Sir Robert Napier, from its landing-place at Zulla

Background imageTigray Collection: Abyssinian portraits, 1848

Abyssinian portraits, 1848. Walda Kyros, born in the south of Ethiopia and a native of Shoa, and Gabra Eugziabher, a native of Adowa in Tigray, northern Ethiopia


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