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The Wolf that Never Sleeps, 1899-1900. Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941) at Mafeking, ever watchful, living up to his Matebele name Mpeesi ( The Wolf That Never Sleeps )
Volunteers on board ship for the Boer War, 1900. Officers of the City of London Imperial Volunteers on board ship ready to sail for South Africa to serve in the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902)
Assault on Wagon Hill, 2nd Boer War, 6 January 1900. Wagon Hill, 5km south of Ladysmith, was an important British position during the Siege of Ladysmith which lasted from 1 November 1899 to 28
Boers besieging Ladysmith, 2nd Boer War, 1899-1900. The town of Ladysmith was under siege from 1 November 1899 to 28 February 1900 until the siege was raised by British forces under General Henry
Canadian troops about to leave for the Boer War, 1900. Mary, Countess of Minto, wife of the Governor General of Canada, presenting colours to Herchmers Horse
De Kaap goldfields, Transvaal, South Africa, 1887. Water-powered stamping mill for crushing ore: Caledonian Mining Company. From The Illustrated London News. (London, 1887)
The Pilgrims Rest, caricature af Paul Kruger, South African politician, 1900. Artist: John TennielThe Sinking Ship, caricature af Paul Kruger, South African politician, 1900. Known as Oom (uncle) Paul, Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (1825-1904)
Christiaan De Wet, Afrikaner soldier, politician and big game hunter, c1899. De Wet (1854-1922) addressing burghers near Ventersdorp Station
Plan of the Battle of Elandslaagte, 2nd Boer War, 21 November 1899. British forces were under the command of Major-General John French and Brigadier Ian Hamilton
92nd Gordon Highlanders in retreat, Battle of Majuba Hill, 1st Boer War, 26-27 February 1881. British troops under Major-General George Colley took Majuba Hill
Charge of the 5th Lancers at Elandslaagte, 2nd Boer War, 21 November 1899. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville IICharge of the 5th Lancers at Elandslaagte, 2nd Boer War, 21 November 1899. British cavalry pursuing the retreating Boers. The British forces were under the command of Major-General John French
Battle of Modder River, 2nd Boer War, 28 November 1899. Men of the 1st Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, equipped with the Lee Metford 10-round magazine rifle
Thomas Kelly-Kenny, British soldier, c1900. Kelly-Kenny (1840-1914) commanded the British 6th Infantry Divsion at the Battle of Driefontein, 10 March 1900, during the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902)
George Stuart White, British soldier, 1900. White (1835-1912) won the Victoria Cross (VC) in the 2nd Afghan War, 1879. Commander of Natal (1899-1900) during the 2nd Boer War
Piet (Petrus Jacobus) Joubert, Afrikaner soldier and statesman, c1890. Born in the Cape Colony, Joubert (1834-1900), commanded Transvaal forces in the 1st Boer War (1880-1881)
Matthew Parker, English prelate, 19th century. Artist: William HollMatthew Parker, English prelate, 19th century. Parker (1504-1575) was the second Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559
Casualty of the 2nd Boer War, 1899-1902. A wounded British officer sitting on deck on his way home by ship from South Africa
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, British statesman, c1900. Milner (1854-1925) was High Commissioner to South Africa from 1897-1905
Louis Botha, Afrikaner soldier and statesman, c1900. Botha was Commander-in-chief of the Boer forces from 1900 during the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902)
Cecil Rhodes, English-born South African entrepreneur and statesman, c1901. Rhodes (1853-1902) made his fortune in the Kimberley diamond mines, and formed De Beers Consolidated Mines in 1888
Illustration from De la Terre a la Lune by Jules Verne, 1865. The director of Cambridge Observatory, Massachusetts, using the observatorys reflecting telescope on the Rocky Mountains to watch
Illustration from De la Terre a la Lune by Jules Verne, 1865. On the way to the Moon: lighting a gas lamp in the space capsule. From De la Terre a la Lune (From the Earth to the Moon) by Jules Verne
Illustration from De la Terre a la Lune by Jules Verne, 1865. Interior of the space capsule on the journey to the Moon. From De la Terre a la Lune (From the Earth to the Moon) by Jules Verne
Illustration from De la Terre a la Lune by Jules Verne, 1865. Astronomical observatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Director observed the launch of the spacecraft Columbiad using the observatorys
Scene from The Tempest by William Shakespeare, 1856-1858. Ariel, an ayrie spirit, in the guise of a Harpy, about to clap his wings and make the magic banquet Prospero has shown to Alonso
Interior of the Globe Theatre, Bankside, London, 1617-1619. Stage of the second Globe, built on the foundations and in the same style as the first immediately after the fire of 1613
Scene from The Tempest by William Shakespeare, 1856-1858. Ariel, an ayrie spirit, riding on a bat on his way back to Prospero, his master, to report on the shipwreck of King Alonso and his party
South Durham Salt Works, 1884. Pumping engine for lifting brine from the borehole into the salt works where it would be purified and crystallised
The Pilgrims Rest, caricature af Paul Kruger, South African politician, 1900. Artist: Edward Linley SambourneThe Pilgrims Rest, caricature af Paul Kruger, South African politician, 1900. Known as Oom (uncle) Paul, Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (1825-1904)
Paul Kruger, South African politician, c1900. Known as Oom (uncle) Paul, Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (1825-1904) was President of the Transvaal or South African Republic from 1883
Piet (Petrus Jacobus) Joubert, Afrikaner soldier and statesman, c1900. Born in the Cape Colony, Joubert (1834-1900), commanded Transvaal forces in the 1st Boer War (1880-1881)