Official anti British First Boer War protest card
A conflict known also as the Transvaal Rebellion took place between the British and the Boers from 1880 to 1881 The south of Africa was overlaid with European powers competing for colonial territory. One of those was Belgium and this card carries an Independence for Belgium slogan. The card shows Queen Victoria as the Sphinx and the figure of Justice is pouring red blood onto a map of the Transvaal. Chamberlain is being weighed in a balance
Picture No
13542753
Media ID
45742924
Size
5119px x 3535px
(5.0MB)
Credit
(c) Holts Battlefield Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Artist H.W. Kuntz
Date
1900
