Jameson's Last Stand, Battle of Doornkop 2nd January 1896 by Richard Caton Woodville

VAR126. Jameson's Last Stand, Battle of Doornkop 2nd January 1896 by Caton Woodville

In 1895, Leander Starr Jameson assembled a private army outside the Transvaal with the aim of invading and overthrowing the Boer government. The idea had been to encourage civil unrest among foreign workers (Uitlanders), and use the outbreak of open revolt as an excuse to invade and take over the territory. But Jameson grew impatient and so launched the Jameson Raid on 29th December 1895, and managed to push within twenty miles of Johannesburg before superior Boer forces compelled him and his men to surrender at Doornkop on the 2nd of Janaury 1896.

Open edition print.

Image size 19 inches x 12 inches (48cm x 31cm)