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Zulu War Fine art prints depicting Rorke's Drift, Isandhlwana,
Ulundi during the Zulu War. Rorke's Drift art prints by Alphonse De Neuville,
Mark Churms and Brian Palmer. Original paintings are available from Cranston
Fine Arts.
Defence of Rorkes Drift. After the
British Defeat and the Zulu victory at isandhlwana. Zulu Chief Cetawayo entered
northern Natal that night. On a tributary of the Tugela River stood the British
garrison of 140 troops under the command of Lt Chard at Rorkes Drift. the Zulu
force of 4,000 attacked the garrison repeatedly, using their assagais, (also
with Rifles form the hillside, taken form the dead British troops at
isandhlwana.) The attacks lasted all night through 22nd into the 23rd. in the
morning the Zulu withdrew, but only having lost 400 dead in the fighting. bThe British
suffered 25 casualties. for this achievement of holding rorkes drift a total of
11 Victoria Crosses were received.
[ Battle of Isandhlwana ] [ Battle of Ulundi ] [ Rorkes Drift ]
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Defence of Rorkes Drift by Lady Elizabeth Butler.
On January 22nd 1879, during the Zulu War, the small British field hospital and supply depot at Rorkes Drift in Natal was the site of one of the most heroic military defences of all time. Manned by 140 troops of the 24th Regiment, led by Lieutenant John Chard of the Royal Engineers, the camp was attacke by a well-trained and well-equipped Zulu army of 4000 men, heartened by the great Zulu victory over the British forces at Isandhlwana earlier on the same day. The battle began in mid afternoon, when British remnants of the defeat at Isandhlwana struggled into the camp. Anticipating trouble, Chard set his small force to guard the perimeter fence but, when the Zulu attack began, the Zulus came faster than the British could shoot and the camp was soon overcome. The thatched roof of the hospital was fired by Zulu spears wrapped in burning grass and even some of the sick and the dying were dragged from their beds and pressed into the desperate hand-to-hand fighting. Eventually, Chard gave the order to withdraw from the perimeter and to take position in a smaller compound, protected by a hastily assembled barricade of boxes and it was from behind this barricade that the garrison fought for their lives throughout the night. After twelve hours of battle, the camp was destroyed, the hospital had burned to the ground, seventeen British lay dead and ten were wounded. However, the Zulus had been repulsed and over 400 of their men killed. The Battle of Rorkes Drift is one of the greatest examples of bravery and heroism in British military history. Nine men were awarded Distinguished Conduct Medals, and eleven, the most ever given for a single battle, received the highest military honour of all, the Victoria Cross.
Open edition print. Image size 25 inches x 13 inches (64cm x 33cm) plus white border without text.. Price £40.00
Open edition print. Image size 35 inches x 21 inches (89cm x 53cm). Price £48.00
Open edition print, featuring printed text and images of medals in the border. Image size 25 inches x 13 inches (64cm x 33cm) plus white border with text and medals.. Price £45.00
Limited quantity canvas edition. Special Promotion : This print is 30% off for a limited time only! Size 40 inches x 26 inches (102cm x 66cm). Price £504.00
Limited quantity canvas edition. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00
Limited quantity canvas edition. Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00
ITEM CODE DHM2000
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The Defense of Rorkes Drift by Alphonse De Neuville.
By about 6pm the Zulu attacks had extended all around the front of the post, and fighting raged at hand-to-hand along the mealie-bag wall. Lieutenant Chard himself took up a position on the barricade, firing over the mealie-bags with a Martini-Henry, whilst Lieutenant Bromhead directed any spare men to plug the gaps in the line. The men in the yard and on the front wall were dangerously exposed to the fire of Zulu marksmen posted in the rocky terraces on Shiyane (Oskarsberg) hill behind the post. Several men were hit, including Acting Assistant Commissary Dalton, and Corporal Allen of the 14th. Surgeon Reynolds treated the wounded as best he could despite the fire. Once the veranda at the front of the hospital had been abandoned, the Zulus had mounted a determined attack on the building itself, setting fire to the thatched roof with spears tied with burning grass. The defenders were forced to evacuate the patients room by room, eventually passing them out through a small window into the open yard. Shortly after 6pm Chard decided that the Zulu pressure was too great, and ordered a withdrawal to a barricade of biscuit boxes which had been hastily erected across the yard, from the corner of the store-house to the front mealie-bag wall. In this small compound the garrison would fight for their lives throughout most of the coming night.
Open edition print. Image size 32in x 19in (81cm x 49cm) . Price £50.00
Open edition print. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £43.00
Special edition. Image size 32 inches x 19 inches (81cm x 48cm) plus border with text and remarques.. Price £55.00
Small number of giclee canvas prints available. Size 40 inches x 30 inches (102cm x 76cm). Price £600.00
Small number of giclee canvas prints available. Size 36 inches x 26 inches (91cm x 66cm). Price £450.00
ITEM CODE DHM0202
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Defence of Rorkes Drift by Brian Palmer
Men of the 24th Foot defend Rorkes Drift against an overwhelming number of Zulus near the barricades, and the hand to hand fighting. Surgeon Reynolds can be seen attending a wounded soldier.
Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £95.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £130.00
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £460.00
Original painting by Brian Palmer. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £2600.00
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00
ITEM CODE DHM0926
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Types of Natal Forces by Richard Simkin.
Print shows from left: Trooper of the Natal Carabiniers, Officer of the Natal Carabiniers, Imperial Light Horse, Natal Police Trooper of the Natal Mounted Police and Durban Light Infantry.
Open edition print. Image size 8 inches x 12 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £14.00
Original chromolithograph Image size 10 inches x 13 inches (25cm x 33cm). Price £130.00
**Open edition print. (One copy reduced to clear) Image size 8 inches x 12 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £9.00
ITEM CODE UN0308
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Victoria Cross Winners at the Defence of Rorkes Drift, January 22nd - 23rd 1879 by Stuart Liptrot
Individuals shown: Lieutenant G. Bromhead, Lieutenant J.R.M. Chard, Private F. Hitch, Corporal W.W. Allen, Private W. Jones, Private J. Williams, Private R. Jones, Surgeon J.H. Reynolds, J.L Dalton and Private A. Hook.
Open edition print. Image size 112 x 14 inches (28cm x 36cm). Price £25.50
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 11 inches x 14 inches (28cm x 36cm). Price £43.00
ITEM CODE LI0004
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Finding the Body of the Prince Imperial, 2nd June 1879 by Harry Payne.
Open edition print. Image size 8 inches x 12 inches (20cm x 31cm). Price £14.00
Original chromolithograph published 1891. Size 12.5 2x 9 inches (32cm x 23cm). Price £110.00
ITEM CODE VAR0021
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Hlobane 22nd March 1879 - Mossops Leap, Trooper Mossop and Warrior by Jason Askew
Less than 3 copies now available.
Signed open edition. Image size 14 inches x 24 inches (36cm x 61cm). Price £51.00
ITEM CODE JA0004
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Into the Fire by Mark Churms.
Crouching low behind their shields, the warriors of the uThulwans, iNdlondo and uDloko regiments advance around the foot of Shiyane hill. Led by their commander, Prince Dabulamnzi kaMpnade, the main Zulu force attacks the British outpost at Rorkes Drift, 4.50pm, 2nd January 1879.
Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 33cm). Price £39.00
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Original painting by Mark Churms. Normally £3600! Image size 24 inches x 16 inches (61cm x 41cm). Price £2000.00
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00
ITEM CODE DHM0561
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| This Heroic Little Garrison, Defence of Rorke's Drift. By Chris
Collingwood.
Men of the 24th of foot, or 2nd Warwickshire regiment (later
in 1881 to become the South Wales Borderers) repel the massed Zulus
attempting to smash through the mealie bag entrenchment. At the conclusion
of the battle, hundreds of Zulus lay dead. According to official figures
the British lost 25 men, 11 Victoria crosses were awarded.
Stand Firm the 24th (Rorkes
Drift) by Chris Collingwood. During the battle for Rorkes Drift, 24th Warwickshires man the
improvised ramparts of the inner barricade as the Zulu attack reaches
its height.
Defence of Rorkes Drift by Lady Butler.
The Defense of Rorke's Drift by Alphonse De Neuville.
Defence of Rorke's Drift by Brian Palmer
Men of the 24th Foot defend Rorkes Drift against an overwhelming
number of Zulus near the barricades, and the hand to hand fighting. Surgeon
Reynolds can be seen attending a wounded soldier.
Defence of Rorkes Drift, 1879 by Henry Dupray
Victoria Cross Winners at the Defence of Rorke's Drift,
January 22nd-23rd 1879 by S Liptrot
Individuals shown: Lieutenant G. Bromhead, Lieutenant
J.R.M.
Chard, Private F. Hitch, Corporal W.W. Allen, Private W. Jones, Private
J. Williams, Private R. Jones, Surgeon J.H. Reynolds, J.L Dalton and
Private A. Hook.
Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 - Defending the
Hospital by Jason Askew
Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 - Defending the
Store House by Jason Askew
Into The Fire by Mark Churms
Crouching low behind their shields, the warriors of the
uThulwans, iNdlondo and uDloko regiments advance around the foot of Shiyane
hill. Led by their commander, Prince Dabulamnzi kaMpnade, the main Zulu force
attacks the British outpost at Rorke's Drift, 4.50pm, 2nd January 1879.
Corporal Allen and Corporal Lyons, B. Company 2nd Battalion
24th Foot Rorke's Drift Back Wall, 6pm January 22nd 1879.After the initial Zulu assault on the back wall of the post failed at
about 4.30pm, a fire-fight broke out between Zulu snipers posted on the
terraces of the Shiyane (Oskarsberg) Hill and the defenders posted
behind the barricade of wagons and mealie-bags. This section of the wall
as commanded by Sergeant Henry Gallagher, of B Company. At about 6 pm,
Corporal Lyons was leaning over the barricade to aim when he was hit in
the neck by a bullet which paralysed him; as his friend, Corporal Allen,
bent to help him, Allen too was shot through the arm. In the foreground
Corporal Attwood of the Army Service Corps distributes ammunition. The
wall was abandoned shortly after and the British retired to the small
are in front of the storehouse. Allen was later awarded the VC, and
Attwood the DCM.
Eve of Distinction by Mark Churms
Lt. John Rouse Merriot Chard, Royal Engineers.At about 3.30 on the afternoon of 22nd January 1879, Lieutenant John
Rouse Merriot Chard, Royal Engineers, was supervising repairs on the
military pont on the Mzinyathi river, at the border crossing at Rorke's
Drift, when survivors brought news that the advanced British camp
at Isandhlwana had been over-run by the Zulus, and that a wing of the
Zulu army was on its way to attack Rorke's Drift. Chard ordered Driver
Robson to pack up the wagon and return to the mission station, where a
stockpile of supplies was under the guard of B Company, 2/24th Regiment.
Chard, in consultation with his fellow officers, made the historic
decision to make a stand at Rorke's Drift.
Pinned Like Rats In a Hole by Mark Churms
Depicting Private Hook and Private Williams, B Company, 2nd
Battalion, 24th Foot inside the burning hospital at Rorke's Drift, 7pm January
1879.At about 6 pm the Zulus first forced their way into the hospital
building where some thirty patients were defended by a handful of
able-bodied men. A running fight ensued as the patients were evacuated
from room to room, a desperate struggle made all the more terrible when
the Zulus set fire to the thatched roof. Here Private Alfred Henry Hook
holds Zulus of the uThulwana regiment at bay whilst Private John
Williams helps a patient escape; Hook received a head wound when a spear
struck off his helmet.
Last Man Out by Mark Churms
Robert Jones and William Jones evacuate the last of the patients
from the burning hospital, Rorke's Drift 7pm 2nd January 1879.
 | Robert Jones & William Jones
 | Decorated for conspicuous bravery and devotion to the wounded
at Rorke's Drift on January 22nd 1879. Privates Robert and
William Jones, posted in a room of the Hospital facing the hill,
kept up a steady fire against enormous odds, and while one
worked to cut a hole through the partition to the other room,
the other shot Zulu after Zulu through the loopholed walls,
using his own and his comrades rifle alternately when the
barrels became to hold owing to the incessant firing. By their
united heroic efforts six out of seven patients were saved by
being carried through the broken partition. The seventh,
Sergeant Maxwell, being delirious, refused to be helped, and on
Robert Jones returning to take him by force he found him being
stabbed by the Zulus on his bed. |
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