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Title
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The Ashantee War:--"Special Service"
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Actual Title
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Arrival at a Native Village, 2nd Ashanti War (alt)
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Artist
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Orlando Norie
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First Exhibited Date
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1874
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Type
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Watercolor
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Current Exhibition Location
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National Army Museum, London
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Lent By
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H. Cooper, Esq
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Catalog Number
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5
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Catalog Page
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2
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Catalog Description
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Officers were sent to all the tribes of the protectorate to raise men, collect carriers, and try and rouse our so-called "native allies" to action. As a rule they were well received, and everything was promised, though nothing was done. This sketch represents the arrival of English officers at a village on the Amissa, which river was crossed in a canoe made of the hollowed trunk of a tree.
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Alt-Text
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A historical painting shows enslaved people carrying bricks on their heads and sitting on the ground, overseen by armed guards on horseback, with rows of thatched huts and groups of soldiers in the background.
