A Soldier-Artist in Zululand
Author: David Rattray
Publisher: Rattray Publications, Rorkes Drift, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
Edition: First 2007
ISBN: 978-0-37707-2 (Standard Edition)
Language: English
Condition: Good. Clean copy with tight binding. Bumps on the corner edges.
Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket
Pages: 259. Print with images and large detailed map
Additional Information
Lieutenant William Whitelocke Lloyd was involved in the Anglo Zulu War but was also an artist. This book collects his paintings together to form a narrative of the war.
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 & O and Union Castle Lines, and several books were published of his artwork depicting scenes of his 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fate awaited most of the watercolour paintings and sketches he made during the Anglo - Zulu War, which had remained unpublished and unknown for more than a century.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 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 Armys 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 Rorkes 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 paralell with the wider story of the campaign, up to the moment of the capture 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. This will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in the Anglo - Zulu War."
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