A Soldier-Artist in Zululand. Reprinted with Corrections

Hardback with dustcover over bistre boards.

A SOLDIER- ARTIST IN ZULULAND. William Whitelocke Lloyd and the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.

As an officer of the 1st Battalion of the 24th (Second Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant William Whitelocke Lloyd (1856-1897) saw active service in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. He was also an artist of considerable talent. On his return to civilian life, he became the official artist for the P.& 0. and Union Lines, and several books were published of his artwork, depicting scenes from life in the army as well as from his travels. A different fate awaited most of the watercolour paintings and sketches he made during the Anglo-Zulu War, which remained unpublished and unknown for more than a century.

Bound together by the artist into an album, they were kept safe by the family who inherited them in an attic in England, and saw the light of day only in January 2000. Copies were then taken to Fugitives' Drift in South Africa and brought to the attention of Zulu War historian David Rattray. Recognising their significance as a unique pictorial record of the British Army's campaign in Zululand, David Rattray undertook to write Lloyd's story and that of the war, thus providing a meaningful framework for the paintings.

From the sea voyage to Cape Town in July 1878 and throughout the Zulu War to the time Lloyd left South Africa in September 1879, the paintings give a graphic rendition, as accurate and informative as it is beautiful, of key events in the campaign. They include depictions of the aftermath of the Battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift, the site of the death of the Prince Imperial and the final Battle of Ulundi. In the accompanying text, details are given of the progress of William Lloyd and his companions of the 24th Regiment in parallel with the wider story of the campaign, up to the moment of the caprure of the Zulu King Cetshwayo. The use of original diaries and source material brings to life the stories of individuals, and the paintings themselves shed new light on many of the events of the war. Biographical notes give in-depth information on all the personalities mentioned.

Maps to endpapers, Half Title, Frontispiece, Title, Contents, List of Illustrations, Foreword-HRH Prince of Wales, Dedication, Preface, Editorial Note, Acknowledgements. 259 pages text and index.

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ISBN 978 0 37707 2