Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
"Lieutenants Melville and Coghill (24th Regiment) Dying to Save the Queen's Colors"
1900
African history · place not specified
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Cataloged as “"Lieutenants Melville and Coghill (24th Regiment) Dying to Save the Queen's Colors"” (Prints; Engravings).
- Collection
- Thomas Ofcansky collection
- Archival grouping
- Thomas Ofcansky collection / Lithographs
- Catalog date
- 1900
- Recorded subjects
- Isandlwana, Battle of, South Africa, 1879
- Format and extent
- 1 Engraving (color, 6.25 x 8.5 inches)
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.2015-012, Item EEPA 2015-012-0040
Collection: Thomas Ofcansky collection