Melton Prior: War Artist in Southern Africa, 1895 to 1900 ( Limited De Luxe Edition)

BRENTHURST SECOND SERIES ( volume 3), Melton Prior: War Artist in Southern Africa, 1895 to 1900;

De Luxe Limited Edition, number 19 of 125, bound in half leather, marbled boards, raised bands and gilt lettering,slipcase, J.Carruthers (editor), 1987, 279 pages, 274 x 267 mm, conditiion: as new

With original invoice and compliments slip from Thorolds.(Africana Specialists).

Melton Prior , was an English artist and war correspondent for The Illustrated london News from the early 1870s until 1904. He was one of the leading illustrators of late Victorian Britain, noted for his ability to quickly sketch scenes. His pencil sketches were sent back to London where they were re-drawn by studio artists and engraved on wood-blocks for printing in the Saturday issues of the Illustrated London News. 

Prior covered the Zulu War and was with the party that discovered the body of the Prince Imperial. He also covered the Jameson Raid, the Matabele Uprising and the Boer War. He was besieged at Ladysmith.

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