Boer War Collection (page 2)

Celebrations in the streets of London following the news of the conclusion of peace in the Transvaal, May 1902 (print)
XIR182123 Celebrations in the streets of London following the news of the conclusion of peace in the Transvaal, May 1902 (print) by French School, (20th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

A rocket detachment at Bara, illustration from'Cassell's Romance of Famous Lives, c. 1940 (litho)
3037703 A rocket detachment at Bara, illustration from'Cassell's Romance of Famous Lives, c.1940 (litho) by Tennant, C

Heads or tails! (colour litho)
2819121 Heads or tails! (colour litho) by Damblans, Eugene (1865-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Heads or tails! Satire on the Boer War)

A guest of France: The exiled President Kruger of Transvaal saluting the people of Paris (colour litho)
2807870 A guest of France: The exiled President Kruger of Transvaal saluting the people of Paris (colour litho) by Damblans

The Siege of Mafeking (colour litho)
2819105 The Siege of Mafeking (colour litho) by Damblans, Eugene (1865-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Siege of Mafeking. The Boers requesting the surrender of the town by the British)

Public meeting in support of peace in London (colour litho)
2819094 Public meeting in support of peace in London (colour litho) by Damblans, Eugene (1865-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Public meeting in support of peace in London)

Death of the Boer General Viljoen (colour litho)
2819103 Death of the Boer General Viljoen (colour litho) by Damblans, Eugene (1865-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Death of the Boer General Viljoen at the Battle of Elandslaagte)

Meeting between Boers and Afrikaners from the Cape Colony (colour litho)
2819115 Meeting between Boers and Afrikaners from the Cape Colony (colour litho) by Damblans, Eugene (1865-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Battle of Spion Kop, South Africa (colour litho)
2807736 Battle of Spion Kop, South Africa (colour litho) by Damblans, Eugene (1865-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Battle of Spion Kop, South Africa. The recapture of Spion Kop by the Boers)

The killing of two men of Comptons Horse while writing letters home, illustration from After Pretoria
3037657 The killing of two men of Comptons Horse while writing letters home, illustration from After Pretoria: The Guerilla War, 1902 (litho) by Ball, A. C

Anti-nationalists disrupting a meeting in support of the Boers in Paris (colour litho)
2807722 Anti-nationalists disrupting a meeting in support of the Boers in Paris (colour litho) by Tofani, Oswaldo (1849-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Violence by British soldiers in a railway station (colour litho)
2795659 Violence by British soldiers in a railway station (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Violence by British soldiers in a railway station)

The Anglo-Boer War, The Disastrous Night Assault Of The English Camp At Tweefontein By The... (colour litho)
2798508 The Anglo-Boer War, The Disastrous Night Assault Of The English Camp At Tweefontein By The... (colour litho) by Beltrame

The Demonstration Of The Parisian Students In Favor Of The Boers, Missing By The Police In Front Of The Sorbonne
2798456 The Demonstration Of The Parisian Students In Favor Of The Boers, Missing By The Police In Front Of The Sorbonne (Colour Litho) by Beltrame

An Interview With Boer Leaders And British Representatives To Discuss Peace After Three Years Of War (Colour Litho)
2798545 An Interview With Boer Leaders And British Representatives To Discuss Peace After Three Years Of War (Colour Litho) by Beltrame

How Slim Piet outwitted his Brother Boers (litho)
1037323 How Slim Piet outwitted his Brother Boers (litho) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: How Slim Piet outwitted his Brother Boers)

Van Reenans Pass (b / w photo)
7160192 Van Reenans Pass (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Van Reenans Pass. Illustration for The Siege of Ladysmith in 120 Pictures from Photographs by)

Ladysmith Market House (b / w photo)
7160166 Ladysmith Market House (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ladysmith Market House)

War Correspondents at Ladysmith (b / w photo)
7160165 War Correspondents at Ladysmith (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: War Correspondents at Ladysmith)

Army Service Corps (b / w photo)
7160137 Army Service Corps (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Army Service Corps)

Combatant Residents (b / w photo)
7160122 Combatant Residents (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Combatant Residents)

Ladysmith Civilian Guard (b / w photo)
7160121 Ladysmith Civilian Guard (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ladysmith Civilian Guard)

Country round Ladysmith (b / w photo)
7160185 Country round Ladysmith (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Country round Ladysmith)

Ladysmith Hospital Corps (b / w photo)
7160180 Ladysmith Hospital Corps (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ladysmith Hospital Corps)

Ladysmith Hospital (b / w photo)
7160179 Ladysmith Hospital (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ladysmith Hospital)

Court House, Ladysmith (b / w photo)
7160156 Court House, Ladysmith (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Court House, Ladysmith)

Gun Hill Expedition (b / w photo)
7160118 Gun Hill Expedition (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gun Hill Expedition)

Relief of Ladysmith (b / w photo)
7160197 Relief of Ladysmith (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Relief of Ladysmith)

Neutral Camp (b / w photo)
7160176 Neutral Camp (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Neutral Camp. Illustration for The Siege of Ladysmith in 120 Pictures from Photographs by Henry)

Ladysmith Hospital Corps (b / w photo)
7160170 Ladysmith Hospital Corps (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ladysmith Hospital Corps)

Interior of Ladysmith Town Hall (b / w photo)
7160167 Interior of Ladysmith Town Hall (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Interior of Ladysmith Town Hall)

Humours of the Siege (b / w photo)
7160158 Humours of the Siege (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Humours of the Siege)

Ladysmith Convent (b / w photo)
7160144 Ladysmith Convent (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ladysmith Convent)

Civilian Guards (b / w photo)
7160123 Civilian Guards (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Civilian Guards. Illustration for The Siege of Ladysmith in 120 Pictures from Photographs by)

Ladysmith "Combatant"Residents (b / w photo)
7160119 Ladysmith " Combatant" Residents (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ladysmith " Combatant" Residents)

Ladysmith Garrison (b / w photo)
7160100 Ladysmith Garrison (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ladysmith Garrison)

Ladysmith from Convent Hill (b / w photo)
7160084 Ladysmith from Convent Hill (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ladysmith from Convent Hill)

Pickles: a Basuto pony, c. 1904 (oil on canvas)
7240922 Pickles: a Basuto pony, c.1904 (oil on canvas) by Redworth, William Josiah (1873-1947); 47x51.5 cm; The Weston Park Foundation, Shropshire, UK; (add.info.: Grey horse facing right)

Hard pressed, from After Pretoria: The Guerilla War published by Harmsworth Bros Limited, 1901 (litho)
3439495 Hard pressed, from After Pretoria: The Guerilla War published by Harmsworth Bros Limited, 1901 (litho) by Stewart

By Order of Lord Roberts, Boer Women and Children leaving Krugersdorp Station (litho)
1039903 By Order of Lord Roberts, Boer Women and Children leaving Krugersdorp Station (litho) by Walker, Marcella M. (fl.1872-1917); Private Collection; (add.info.: By Order of Lord Roberts)

Van Reenan (b / w photo)
7202541 Van Reenan (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Van Reenan. Illustration for The Siege of Ladysmith in 120 Pictures from Photographs by Henry Kisch)

The crowning of a great career (litho)
3623447 The crowning of a great career (litho) by Cowper, Max (1860-1911); Private Collection; (add.info.: The crowning of a great career)

The War in South Africa (litho)
1048674 The War in South Africa (litho) by Russell, Walter Westley (1867-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: The War in South Africa)

Bethlehem: rushing the central kopje (litho)
3794430 Bethlehem: rushing the central kopje (litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Source unknown)

The Drakensberg (b / w photo)
7160189 The Drakensberg (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Drakensberg. Illustration for The Siege of Ladysmith in 120 Pictures from Photographs by)

Ladysmith Town Council (b / w photo)
7160186 Ladysmith Town Council (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ladysmith Town Council)

War Correspondents at Ladysmith (b / w photo)
7160162 War Correspondents at Ladysmith (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: War Correspondents at Ladysmith)

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The Boer War, a significant conflict in South African history, saw the clash of two powerful forces - the British Empire and the Boer republics. Led by notable figures such as Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell and Horatio Herbert Kitchener, this war left an indelible mark on both sides. In 1902, artist G Lekegian captured the intensity of the war with his depiction of Mrs. Davies, a brave British settler firing upon Boer positions. This image symbolizes the determination and resilience displayed by those involved in this tumultuous period. Amidst the chaos, a physician and storyteller emerged to provide solace amidst suffering. Their role was crucial in keeping spirits high during these trying times. One poignant moment etched into history is General Methuen's surrender to de la Rey on March 7th, 1902. This event marked a turning point in the conflict and highlighted both bravery and sacrifice from all parties involved. Another pivotal event occurred during Jameson Raid when Leander Starr Jameson was taken prisoner after failing to achieve his objectives. This incident showcased that even great leaders can face setbacks during times of war. The impact extended beyond soldiers; families were also affected as seen through depictions of Boer families held captive in British prison camps. These images serve as a reminder of how wars often disrupt innocent lives caught up in larger conflicts. Paul Sandford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen's presence further exemplified leadership during this era. His actions resonated throughout history as he navigated through challenging circumstances with courage and conviction. The surrender of Jamestown garrison to the Boers stands out as another critical moment within this narrative. It serves as evidence that despite their best efforts, some battles ended unfavorably for British forces against determined opponents. However, not all moments were filled with despair; celebrations erupted across London following news of peace in the Transvaal.