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The Ashantee War: the Naval Brigade clearing the streets of Coomassie, by our special artist, 1874. Creator: Unknown.

The Ashantee War: the Naval Brigade clearing the streets of Coomassie, by our special artist, 1874. Creator: Unknown.

3-065-749 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Ashantee War: the Naval Brigade clearing the streets of Coomassie [ie Kumasi], by our special artist, 1874. Third Anglo-Ashanti War - the British in West Africa. Civilians fleeing. '...the scene in the city of Coomassie, on Feb. 6, when the streets were cleared by the Naval Brigade, previously to setting the town on fire'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.

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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
After
  1. Melton Prior: British; English: Artist, war correspondent, journalist
Geographic Hierarchy

World Africa Ghana Gold Coast

  1. 05 20 00 N , 000 45 00 W

World Africa Ghana Ashanti Kumasi

  1. 06 41 34 N , 001 37 15 W
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3688x3892
File Size : 14,018kb

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  1. ILN_1874_Page_261_a.jpg
  1. 1874
  1. 0580096113
  1. 3-065-749
  1. 3065749

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