The War in the Soudan: Affair with Outposts. “The Nile Expedition on Sketches by Our Special Artist, Mr. Melton Prior. ” Source: The Illustrated London News 86 (3 January 1885): 21. Signed in left corner “R. Caton Woodville 84”. This battle scene is the first of the two-page spreads for 1885. Like many of the detailed, dramatic battle scenes it prompts the modern viewer to wonder how much it owes to the venerable history of military painting and how much to the actual event. Click on images to enlarge them.
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Illustrated London News 86 (3 January 1885): 1. Hathi Trust Digital Library online version of a copy in the University of Chicago Library. Web. 21 August 2020.
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