The Ashantee War:--"Special Service"

Title

The Ashantee War:--"Special Service"

Artist

Orlando Norie

First Exhibited Date

1874

Lent By

H. Cooper, Esq

Catalog Number

5

Catalog Page

2

Catalog Description

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.