#MC42
1901
Detailed ink drawing on paper, ca. 20x27,5 cm (8 x 10 ¾ in), within hand drawn ink frame. With a printed title (cut out of the magazine) tipped to the lower edge. Period ink stamp “14 Feb 91” (but 1901) and period pencil note on verso. A very good drawing.
Charming ink drawing made from the original photo and prepared for publication in “The Graphic” during the last phase of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). The view depicts graves of fallen British soldiers at a cemetery in Woodstock, now a suburb of Cape Town, carefully decorated with flowers and wreaths by the members of the Loyal Women’s Guild of South Africa. A very good drawing.
“During the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 the Royal Engineers were tasked with recording the location of all British military graves of the war. Numerous registers and lists were compiled. During the same war, the Guild of Loyal Women was formed to locate graves, compile registers and mark the graves with iron crosses. The South African Soldiers Graves Association took over this work in 1910” (Burial ground & graves/ South African Heritage Resources Agency online).
