dc.contributor | Martens, Henry, fl. 1828-1854, d.1860 | |
dc.contributor.other | Harris, J. | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Cape of Good Hope | |
dc.coverage.temporal | 1852 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-21T06:34:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-01-21T06:34:13Z | |
dc.date.created | 1852 | |
dc.identifier.other | solomon-66-martens | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/4338 | |
dc.description | Dedicated to Sir Peregrine Maitland. Painted from a sketch by Capt. Carey of the Cape Mounted Rifles. | |
dc.description.abstract | Depicting a battle in the background with wounded soldiers being tended in the foreground. Associated with the seventh of the nine Cape Frontier Wars (1846-1847), known as the 'war of the axe'. Like the six previous wars, it was between the Xhosa people and European settlers. | |
dc.format.extent | 49 x 62 cm | |
dc.format.medium | Hand coloured engraving on paper | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | London : Rudolph Ackermann | |
dc.rights | This item is subject to copyright protection. Reproduction of the content, or any part of it, other than for research, academic or non-commercial use is prohibited without prior consent from the copyright holder. | |
dc.source | Image from Hugh Solomon Collection, Africana. | |
dc.subject | South Africa -- History -- Frontier Wars, 1811-1878 -- Pictorial works | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Kaffraria -- Pictorial works | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Xhosa (African people) -- South Africa -- Pictorial works | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Zulu (African people) -- South Africa -- Pictorial works | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Great Britain. Army -- Colonial forces -- South Africa -- Pictorial works | en_ZA |
dc.title | The battle of the Gwanga, Cape of Good Hope, June 8th 1846 | en_ZA |
dc.type | Image | en_ZA |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright Stellenbosch University | |