'The Ashanti Expedition, 1873-74: Sir Garnet Wolseley entering Kumasi, February 4, 1874', (1901). Creator: Unknown.

'The Ashanti Expedition, 1873-74: Sir Garnet Wolseley entering Kumasi, February 4, 1874', (1901).  Creator: Unknown.

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'The Ashanti Expedition, 1873-74: Sir Garnet Wolseley entering Kumasi, February 4, 1874', (1901). General Sir Garnet Wolseley (1833-1914) led the British campaign against the forces of Kofi Karikari, King of the Ashanti, during the Second Ashanti War (1873-1874). His men captured Kumasi, the Ashanti capital, in what is now Ghana in West Africa. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
After
  1. Melton Prior: British; English: Artist, war correspondent
Subject
  1. Garnet Joseph Wolseley: British, Irish, Anglo-Irish: Field-marshal, first Viscount Wolseley

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World Africa Ghana Ashanti Kumasi

  1. 06 41 34 N , 001 37 15 W

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4620x3597
File Size : 16,229kb


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  1. 2K
  1. 0580058115
  1. 2-716-569
  1. 2716569

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