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Roberts and Kitchener postcard 13 years 1 month ago #5511

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Found this one recently on that auction site
"Earl Roberts and Viscount Kitchener on the South African battlefields"
With a verse from Tennyson




Paul :)
"From a billow of the rolling veldt we looked back, and black columns were coming up behind us."
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Re: Roberts and Kitchener postcard 13 years 4 weeks ago #5531

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Paul,

Do the think the artist has taken some liberties with the size of the two men. I think in reality there must have been quite a size difference between the two?

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Re: Roberts and Kitchener postcard 13 years 4 weeks ago #5536

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David :lol: :lol:
I think it is "artistic licence" nice postcard though.

Paul :)

djb wrote: Paul,

Do the think the artist has taken some liberties with the size of the two men. I think in reality there must have been quite a size difference between the two?

With thanks
David

"From a billow of the rolling veldt we looked back, and black columns were coming up behind us."

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