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Colonel Vivian Dering Majendie, Chief Inspector of Explosives, 1892. Artist: Spy
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Colonel Vivian Dering Majendie, Chief Inspector of Explosives, 1892. Majendie (1836-1898), British soldier, served with the Royal Artillery at Sebastopol during the Crimean War and at Lucknow. His field was explosives and he was one of the first bomb disposal experts. He is shown holding an explosive device. Cartoon titled 'Explosives' from Vanity Fair. (London, 23 April 1892).
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Creator
- Sir Leslie Matthew Ward, attributed to: British: Illustrator for Vanity Fair, artist, painter, caricaturist
Subject
- Vivian Dering Majendie: British: soldier, Chief Inspector of Explosives
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History & Politics War & Military Wars, Battles & Events
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Artistic Representations Caricatures
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3260x5355
File Size : 51,145kb
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- 9126
- 0460001274
- 1-158-694
- 1158694
- 1274
- 9126