'Hand cart', 1873

Mounted photograph, War Department, 1873. Mount inscribed with the caption, 'Special Equipment for Expedition to the Gold Coast September 1873 under Sir Garnet Wolseley, K.C.B.'.

Hand cart with four artillerymen.

The Royal Carriage Department, Woolwich, designed equipment suited for use in West African terrain.

From a collection of photographs relating to preparations for the 3rd Ashanti War (1873-1874) from the Photo Establishment War Department.