The_Relief_of_Ladysmith_by_John_Henry_Frederick_Bacon.jpg

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John Henry Frederick Bacon : The Relief of Ladysmith, 1900 ( Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL) Create new Wikidata item based on this file )
Artist
John Henry Frederick Bacon (1865–1914) wikidata:Q6238806
Alternative names
John H. F. Bacon; John Henri Frédéric Bacon; John Henri Frederic Bacon
Description British painter, visual artist and illustrator
Date of birth/death 4 November 1865 Edit this at Wikidata 24 January 1914 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q6238806
Title
The Relief of Ladysmith, 1900
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
Meeting of the defenders and the relief column during the raising of the siege of Ladysmith on 28 February 1900 during the Second Boer war
Date 1900
date QS:P571,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 76 cm (29.9 in); width: 114 cm (44.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,76U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,114U174728
(estimated)
institution QS:P195,Q731616
Accession number
NAM. 1996-04-1
Object history 1996: purchased by National Army Museum at Sotheby’s
Inscriptions

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Sir George White welcomes Major Hubert Gough with these words "Hello Hubert, how are you?" Shortly afterwards, moved by the ovation given him by his soldiers and townsfolk, he acknowledged their support and ending with these words "Thank God we have kept the flag flying"
References http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1996-04-1-1
Source/Photographer Art UK

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