'Attack on a wagon escort', 1879
Hand coloured lantern slide.
In 1879 the British fought a war against the Zulu Kingdom. The Zulus resisted bravely and were only defeated after a series of particularly bloody battles that have gone down in the annals of colonial warfare. Lantern slide shows were a popular entertainment in the 18th and 19th centuries. Many manufacturers of slides and the magic lanterns that showed them used ingenious mechanisms to create movement or animation in the projected image.
One of 37 hand coloured lantern slides.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1972-03-1-10
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1972-03-1-10