The Insurrection in Crete: Attack of Bashi Bazouks on the Christian insurgents at Akrotiry. Major Bor and Lieut. Buller - by the admirals orders trying to persuade the Bashi Bazouks to go away or retire (& this was under heavy fire.)

The Insurrection in Crete: Attack of Bashi Bazouks on the Christian insurgents at Akrotiry. Major Bor and Lieut. Buller - by the admirals orders trying to persuade the Bashi Bazouks to go away or retire (& this was under heavy fire.)

Original pencil drawing signed "Melton Prior, Canea"; British officers in foreground attempting to persuade Turks to cease advance and attack against Cretans in rocky terrain. Original pencil drawing signed "Melton Prior, Canea"; British officers in foreground attempting to persuade Turks to cease advance and attack against Cretans in rocky terrain. For Illustrated London News, April 24, 1897, page 564. N.Y., Rockman Prints, 1954.
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The Insurrection in Crete: Attack of Bashi Bazouks on the Christian insurgents at Akrotiry. Major Bor and Lieut. Buller - by the admirals orders trying to persuade the Bashi Bazouks to go away or retire (& this was under heavy fire.)
Collection
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s)
1897
Usage
Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Creator(s)
Prior, Melton, 1845-1910 (artist)
Subject(s)
Drawings (Visual Works)
Greco-Turkish War, 1897
N.Y., Rockman Prints
Type
still image
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