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'Interview between Col Hare, Lieut. Governor, and the Caffre Chiefs, at Block Drift', 30 January 1846
Lithograph after lieutenant-colonel Sir Harry Darell (1814-1853) of the 7th Dragoon Guards, published by Day and Son, London, 1852. No 10 in the series 'China India Cape of Good Hope and Vicinity a Series of Thirteen Treble-Tinted Views'.
Sandile, chief of the increasingly aggressive Rharhabe clan of the Xhosa, met with Colonel Sir John Hare (1782 (c)-1846), Lieutenant Governor of the Eastern Division in June 1846 at Block Drift near Fort Beaufort. They discussed the proposed construction of a fort at Block Drift. Regiments present are noted as, Royal Artillery, 7th Dragoon Guards, the 91st Highlanders and the Cape Mounted Rifles.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1971-02-33-488-10
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1971-02-33-488-10