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Photo, Print, Drawing Near to Mai Wahiz, Tigre, Abyssinia.

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Title

  • Near to Mai Wahiz, Tigre, Abyssinia.

Summary

  • In 1868, The Illustrated London News commissioned the Scottish artist William Simpson (1823--99) to cover a military campaign launched by Britain against Abyssinia (present-day Ethiopia) to rescue several British officials and missionaries held by the Emperor Theodore (also called Tewodros II, ruled 1855--68). The commission was Simpson's first major work for the Illustrated London News and the beginning of a long relationship with the paper that ended only with his death. Although Simpson's primary task was to document the campaign, he was also interested in people he encountered and places he visited, especially ancient rock-cut churches and other antiquities. This sketch, dated April 7, 1868, depicts a scene near Mai Wahiz, Tigray. The drawing is from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection at the Brown University Library.

Names

  • Simpson, William, 1823-1899 Artist.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1868-04-07.

Headings

  • -  Ethiopia--Tigray
  • -  1868-04-07
  • -  Forts and fortifications
  • -  Rocks
  • -  Towers
  • -  Watercolors

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: Water-color drawing ; 57 x 38 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Brown University Library.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670487

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Simpson, William, Artist. Near to Mai Wahiz, Tigre, Abyssinia. Tigray Ethiopia, 1868. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -04-07] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670487/.

APA citation style:

Simpson, W. (1868) Near to Mai Wahiz, Tigre, Abyssinia. Tigray Ethiopia, 1868. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -04-07] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670487/.

MLA citation style:

Simpson, William, Artist. Near to Mai Wahiz, Tigre, Abyssinia. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -04-07] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670487/>.