The Defence of Rorke's Drift. 22/23rd January 1879 (Revisited)

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Hi Ron this is just.

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First rank take a bow.
Second rank round of applause.
Third rank, remove headdress, three cheers for this outstanding work hip hip, hip hip, hip hip,replace headdress.

Pete.
 
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bazers

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Thanks everyone for your great posts.
I know it's a re-hash, I just thought it might be of interest now the extra figures have been added.

Cheers.
Ron
're - hash it might be but it's just keeps getting better.
 

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Sorry I am late, but this is outstanding, really makes you want to build something different. Cracking job sir.
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PS have started the 1:72 corvette.
 

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Hi Ron,

I was recently in Sydney and visited the NSW Art Gallery where I came across a painting by Alphonse de Neuville of the defence of Roakes Drift. Couldn't miss it as it was huge and took up one wall facing. While I was mesmerised by the detail and taking in the images I remembered your dio and was thinking...man would you have liked to see this...

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I had to borrow my daughters handphone to take the pictures as I had ran out of space on mine.

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Apparently it was purchased by the AGNSW in 1882. My pictures aren't as nice as the ones on the AGNSW website which I looked up to get more info. They have some great close ups and remembered the cracks on the painting.

Below is another painting of a cavalry charge by another Parisian or Polish artist.

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There were many paintings on the First Great War especially of the demarcation stations and battle fields by well known war artists which I should have photographed but was busy admiring them.

Hope you like the one on Roakes Drift.

Cheers,
Richard
 
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