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ELLIOTT & FRY. 'Lord Kitchener of Khartum', c1885, (1901). Creator: Elliott & Fry.

ELLIOTT & FRY. 'Lord Kitchener of Khartum', c1885, (1901). Portrait of Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, Irish-born British soldier and statesman. Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) regained the Sudan for Egypt by his victory at the Battle of Omdurman (1898). He was commander of British forces during the Boer War (1899-1902) and served as War Minister from 1914 to 1916. His portrait was used on a famous World War I army recruitment poster. Kitchener drowned when HMS Hampshire, carrying him to Russia, was sunk by a German mine in the North Atlantic in 1916. From "The Life and Deeds of Earl Roberts, Vol. IV. - To Lord Roberts's Reign in Pall Mall", by J. Maclaren Cobban. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901].
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Author: ELLIOTT & FRY
Title: 'Lord Kitchener of Khartum', c1885, (1901). Creator: Elliott & Fry.
Caption: 'Lord Kitchener of Khartum', c1885, (1901). Portrait of Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, Irish-born British soldier and statesman. Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) regained the Sudan for Egypt by his victory at the Battle of Omdurman (1898). He was commander of British forces during the Boer War (1899-1902) and served as War Minister from 1914 to 1916. His portrait was used on a famous World War I army recruitment poster. Kitchener drowned when HMS Hampshire, carrying him to Russia, was sunk by a German mine in the North Atlantic in 1916. From "The Life and Deeds of Earl Roberts, Vol. IV. - To Lord Roberts's Reign in Pall Mall", by J. Maclaren Cobban. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]
Personalities: ELLIOTT AND FRY LORD KITCHENER
Technique/material: Photograph
Credit: Album / The Print Collector/Heritage Images
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Image size: 3798 × 5658 px | 61.5 MB
Print size: 32.2 × 47.9 cm | 1495.3 × 2227.6 in (300 dpi)