Zulu Collection (page 5)

Four young Zulu children enjoy an early breakfast Date: circa 1903

South Africa - Zulu Marriage Dance Date: circa 1901

Fine portrait of a Zulu Woman, South Africa - Intombe River region. Date: circa 1901

Smiling Zulu Woman and child, South Africa Date: circa 1901

Cetewayo - King of the Zulus
Cetewayo (1826? - 1884) or Cetshwayo - Zulu King (1873-79) standing outside his Royal Hut, Southern Africa Date: circa 1875

South Africa - Umgwawe, Zulu Chieftain Date: 1904

South Africa - Zulu Tribesmen ready to attack Date: 1900

HMS Zulu, British destroyer, WW1
HMS Zulu, British Tribal-class (or F-class) destroyer, launched 1909, served during the first part of the First World War, mined off Dover in October 1916, parts used to create a new destroyer

ZULU KRaL
The interior of a Zulu kraal on the Tugela River. The livestock are kept within the outer barricade. Date: 1879

Miracle / Zulu Chief
A Zulu chief, converted to Christianity, seeks to emulate Moses by commanding a river to part like the Red Sea - but it doesn t, and he loses 50 of his subjects Date: 1925

Zulu Marimba
The MARIMBA of the Zulu peoples of South Africa, seen from front and back : it is played with drumsticks. Similar instruments are used in Java, Costa Rica etc. Date: early 20th century

Lantern / Zulu / Heroes 1879
Heroes of Rorkes Drift: Smith-Dorrien, Bromhead, Dartnell and Chard Date: 1879

Gonville Bromhead
GONVILLE BROMHEAD Military : second-in-command at Rorkes Drift, (Zulu-British war, January 1879) when he won a VC : later in India where he died of typhoid. Date: 1845 - 1892

Ricksha with British RAF cadets
Ricksha in Durban, South Africa, during World War Two, with Zulu ricksha boy and passengers of three RAF air cadets

Double page spread in a diary for 14-19 February
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 14-19 February. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Squadron Sergeant Major - 17th Lancers
A Squadron Sergeant Major of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridges Own) - a Senior Scout. The medals he is wearing are The Distinguished Conduct medal

Redvers Buller at Hlobane
General Sir Redvers Henry Buller at the battle of Hlobane (or Inhlobane) Mountain, one of the less well-known battles of the Zulu Wars

The Zulu War
Reinforcements on board the S.S. Russia showing the officers costumes, their cabin, tubbing (or bathing) and sharpening swords

The Zulu War Inside the Laager at Ginghilovo
Sailors from HMS Shah defend the laager at Ginghilovo during a Zulu attack

Lieutenant - 2nd Rifle Brigade
Lieutenant Carey (who was with Napoleons son when he was killed during the Zulu War) - 2nd Rifle Brigade (Ashanti Campaign)

Two Zulu Women
Absolutely fabulous postcard depicting two Zulu Women, wearing traditional multi-coloured bead and animal hide tabards, their hair shaped up into thin conical forms and wearing bright necklaces

A Camp during Zulu War
A British soldier waiting and watching from a fortified camp in Zululand during the Zulu war

Zulu war. Dinizulus slovenly kraal at Usutu. Dinizulu being
Dinizulu was put on trial in Pietermaritzburg in January 1908

South Africa Zulu Villag
Village of the Ring-Kop people, members of the Zulu race

Zulu war. Dinizulus slovenly kraal at Usutu. Three of Diniz
Dinizulus wives in demure European dress, were allowed to accompany him to his trial in Pietermaritzburg in January 1908

Zulu war. Dinizulus slovenly kraal. Umbembe, Dinizulus mot
Umbembe was the wife of the famous Zulu Chief Cetshwayo, Dinizulus father

Lantern / Zulu / Isandula
Zulu Commander Dabulamanzi younger brother of Cetewayo at Isandula

The Zulu war. Sketches at Rorkes Drift by Lieutenant H C Ha
Graves of Lieutenant Coghill and Melville who died trying to secure the colours of the 24th Regiment and were awarded posthumous Victoria Crosses

The Zulu Wars. The restoration of Cetewayo (Cetshwayo)
Following negotiations in England with Queen Victoria and The Colonial Office, Cetshwayo was given back his throne and title King of the Zulus by the British 3 years after the war

The Zulu war, the Burning of Ulundi. From a sketch by an ILN
British army massed with infantry and several gun carriages, burning in the background in the Zulu capital Ulundi, where the British made their final defeat of the Zulus on 4th July 1879

General Lord Chelmsford reviewing Zulu Troops, 1879
Engraving showing Lord Chelmsford on horse-back reviewing a group of Zulu warriors, who were working for the British army

The Zulu war. General Newdigate addressing the lancers befor
General Newdigate addressing his men, with ranks of lances held in the air. The tide had already turned in favour of the British at the Battle of Gingindhlovu with Ulundi the decisive final British

The Zulu war. The defence of Rorkes Drift, January 22nd 187
The scene of the action, where 3, 000 zulus attacked the tiny fort and hospital at Rorkes Drift. 140 British soldiers kept the Zulus at bay

The Zulu wars. Dinizulu, Cetewayo(Cetshwayo)s son, Chief of
The turbulent son of a turbulent father. During a period of great instability in South Africa, Dinuzlu was associated with Zulu anti-British fighting and was imprisoned and exiled in St Helena

Zulu war sketches by our special artist. Interior of the old
British soldiers surveying the damage to the old fort at Rorkes Drift, where 137 British soldiers held out against 3, 000 zulus at the beginning of the Zulu wars

Zulu wars; restoration of Cetshwayo, King of the Zulus
Portrait of Dabulamanzi, Cetshwayos brother

The end of the Zulu war. A colonial soldier in one of the sc
The siege of Morosis mountain; one of the last major incidents of the Zulu war

The Zulu war. Portraits of officers
Portrait of Mr W A Dunne, Commissariat Department, defender of Rorkes Drift. 137 British soldiers held the fort at Rorkes Drift against a force of over 3, 000 Zulus

Lancers returning from burning kraals, Zulu War, 1879
Engraving showing British cavalry returning from burning Zulu homes, 1879. This arson was designed to prevent the Zulu from hiding their leaders, who were fugitive from the British

The Zulu Wars. The restoration of Cetewayo(Cetshwayo)
Cetshwayo, King of the Zulus was reinstalled as King of the Zulus at a ceremony at Intonyanere by Sir Theophilus Shepstone on January 29th 1883

The Zulu war. Fort Helpmakaar. Field auction of the effects
Isandlwana was the scene of the British armys most humiliating defeat at the hands of the Zulus, slightly assuaged by the successful defence of Rorkes Drift later the same day, January 22nd 1879

The Battle of Ulundi. Inside the square
Scene of battle from the British position, inside the square repulsing the Zulus. British casualities were light, but the Zulus were decimated by the use of Gatling guns and the Martini-Henry

The Zulu war. On the march to Ulundi
The Lancers on the march, crossing a river towards the Zulu capital of Ulundi where the final battle of the Zulu war took place

Illustrations of the Zulu war. Natives in a farmhouse making
From a sketch by ILN special artist, Melton Prior. Zulu natives kneading dough with European children and a woman looking on. One female African is holding a chubby European baby

Death of the Prince Imperial; arrival of the body at Itelezi
The Prince Imperial of France was an impetuous and impulsive young man and had insisted on fighting in the Zulu war, after attending the Royal Military Academy

The Zulu war. The Battle of Isandhlawana, January 22nd 1879
The landscape of Isadhlwana, a rocky point terminating in a huge precipice about 1, 000 feet high, with Zulu forces suurounding the British troops on every side

Zulu war. In Memorium - the Late Prince Imperial. In Zululan
The Prince mounted, with the distinctive rocky African landscape in the background

The Zulu war. The End of the Zulu war. The Siege of Morosi s
The final skirmishes of the Zulu war, showing British and native soldiers hiding out in the Morosi mountain in a natural embrasure in Saddle rock

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