HMS Powerful Steaming up Channel on her Return from South Africa by Charles Dixon.

ACD1. HMS Powerful Steaming up Channel on her Return from South Africa by Charles Dixon.

The First Class armoured cruiser HMS Powerful steaming up channel on her return from South Africa in April 1900. She had become famous for her work in the Boer War, her commander Captain Lambton leading a naval brigade to relieve the town of Ladysmith.

Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.

Original Chromolithograph, 1901.

Paper size 14 inches x 10 inches (36cm x 25cm)