Collection: An Officer At Large (Part 3): Allenby, E allenby-5-3-00128-48950
Description
Photographic postcard of Bertel Thorvaldsen's carving of a dying lion (the Lion Monument), monochromatic. The caption reads "Luzern. Löwendenkmal". The monument commemorates Swiss soldiers who fought for the royal cause during the French Revolution. From a photograph album compiled by Edmund Allenby. (Allenby 5/3)
Collection
An Officer At Large (Part 3): Allenby, E
Description
The third and final part of the photograph album, Allenby 5/3, illustrating the travels of officer, Edmund Allenby. The collection includes views of South Africa, Egypt, Naples, Switzerland and Uganda. Allenby famously commanded the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine and Egypt, 1917-1919.
Collection Terms & Categories
- War/Campaign/Operation: Peacetime
- Region: Africa
- Region: Europe
- Theme (Main): Cultures & Customs
- Theme (Main): Daily Life
- Theme (Main): Empire & Commonwealth
- Theme (Main): Ethics, Religion & Morality
- Theme (Main): Natural World
- Theme (Main): Travel & Exploration
- Subject: Animals & The Natural World
- Subject: Art
- Subject: Civilians & Civ-Mil Relations
- Subject: Communications
- Subject: Death & Dying
- Subject: Family & Home
- Subject: Nation Building
- Subject: Naval, Sea & Ships
- Subject: Propaganda & Influence Ops
- Subject: Sport & Recreation
- Subject: Trade & Industry
- Subject: Transport
- Subject: Women & Society
- Item: Photographic (album)
- Item: Photographic (loose)
- Information: Visual
