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Auction #127 begins on 06 Nov 2025

Carter (A.C.R.)

THE WORK OF WAR ARTISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Published: “The Art Journal” Office, London, 1900

Edition: First

Reserve: $50

Approximately:

Estimate: $60-80

Bidding opens: 6 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 13 Nov 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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32 pp + 16 pp advertisements and 3 leaflets bound in at the end, 4 photogravure plates, many full page & text illustrations, original green cloth with gilt title and patterned endpapers. One bumped corner . Overall a good copy.

With illustrations from drawings by artists of the time including William Barnes Wollen, who was commissioned by the new illustrated weekly newspaper, “The Sphere” to act as one of its special artists in South Africa to cover the Boer War.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 330 x 250 mm. 4to


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