Illustration of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift

Anonymous

1879

Wood engraving, unknown engraver

Penny Illustrated Paper (1 March 1879): no page number.

This illustration typifies the propaganda imagery that surrounded the reporting of the Anglo-Zulu War. [Commentary continues below.]

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