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| John Clark Collection |
A contemporary sketch of the young churchill by the famous cartooist spy of Vanity Fair. At this time Churchill was a war correspondent in Natal and participated in the armoured train action at Chieveley, where he was captured, 15 November 1899. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Contemporary Cartoon, 1865, of a familiar bedroom scene- the newly-arrived emigrant trying to sleep when bothered by mosquitoes and other insects. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Another Punch cartoon |
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| John Clark Collection |
The day after Isandhlwana:animal of the 'standard' correspondent or GreyTown with liair of killed , 8 woumded. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Cartoon, black wokers and colonial master |
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| John Clark Collection |
Note just come in from Cherry. -Zulus have crossed the river. |
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| John Clark Collection |
News of Isandhlwana |
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| John Clark Collection |
This punch cartoon published on 1 March 1879 reflected the public feeling about Isandhlwana |
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| John Clark Collection |
Australia- scene of settler trading gold for goods |
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| John Clark Collection |
1854 cartoon of emigrants mourning sailing of the ship. The golden age to Australie with dissappointed Natal settlers |
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| John Clark Collection |
Heeut. Gonville Bromhead. |
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| John Clark Collection |
This historical cartoon brings home in a gruesome way the scourge of cholera in London of the late 1840s. Many families from the large cities of Britian emigrated on this account. Details include the swollen bodies of dead dogs floating in the Thames. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Sketch of the battlefield and its surroundings. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Cetshwayo (1826-84), the last Zulu king. He entered the war reluctantly but his people expected him to maintain the tradition of Shaka and thus he had to fight. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Tennis at Government house, 1884. Governor Sir Henny Bulwer. |
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| John Clark Collection |
The early newspapers carried no illustrations but sometimes used a block engraving to indicate what a column of type was about, for example, the 'Shipping Intelligence' was marked by a small picture of a ship. Agriculture , too, carried an engraving of a cow. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Collefiat School. Tennis in a Girls School, 1887 |
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| John Clark Collection |
Lord Chelmsford, commander-in-chief of the British troops. He won the final battle but despite modern weapons suffered many disasters in fighting the courageous Zulus. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Sir Bartle Frere, High Commissioner at the Cape, the man who carried most responsibility for the invasion of Zululand and subsequent hostilities. The cost of the war was R24 million but the price in human suffering incalculable. |
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| John Clark collection |
Start of Marathon walking race, Durban, early 1900s |