ARTISTS & ILLUSTRATORS OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR

264 pages, colour frontispiece, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, green cloth gilt, a very good copy in the dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by author on title page.

Described as the definite work on Anglo-Boer War art, it provides detailed coverage of all the known artists and illustrators who depicted the conflict. An introduction by Jane Carruthers places military art in historical perspective. Parts 1 to 4 provide a general and extensive overview of the main vehicles of Anglo-Boer War art - ranging from illustrated newspapers and magazines to postcards, postal covers, souvenir publications and works produced by prisoners of war. Part 5 comprises biographies of over 1100 Anglo-Boer War artists.