Manchester University Press
3 ‘Up Guards and At them!’
Abstract
This chapter discusses the large-scale paintings of colonial warfare, associated with Lady Elizabeth Butler arid Richard Caton Woodville. It also discusses the sketches of the 'specials' or war artists, such as Melton Prior and Frederic Villiers, as representative types of a British popular art which gave cultural expression to and reflected imperialism in politics. The chapter focuses on Egypt and the Sudan between 1882 to 1888 and again in 1898. It provides a stream of incidents for the chroniclers and portrayers of patriotic adventure, including a list of exotic sounding battles: Tel-el-Kebir, Abu Klea, Tamai, Abu Kru, El Teb and Omdurman. The war artists and painters must bear some of the responsibility for the almost sacrosanct status which the British Army enjoyed in the public mind until the disasters of 'Black Week' in the second South African or Boer War.
Abstract
This chapter discusses the large-scale paintings of colonial warfare, associated with Lady Elizabeth Butler arid Richard Caton Woodville. It also discusses the sketches of the 'specials' or war artists, such as Melton Prior and Frederic Villiers, as representative types of a British popular art which gave cultural expression to and reflected imperialism in politics. The chapter focuses on Egypt and the Sudan between 1882 to 1888 and again in 1898. It provides a stream of incidents for the chroniclers and portrayers of patriotic adventure, including a list of exotic sounding battles: Tel-el-Kebir, Abu Klea, Tamai, Abu Kru, El Teb and Omdurman. The war artists and painters must bear some of the responsibility for the almost sacrosanct status which the British Army enjoyed in the public mind until the disasters of 'Black Week' in the second South African or Boer War.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of illustrations vi
- List of contributors vii
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Patriotism and Empire 17
- 3 ‘Up Guards and At them!’ 49
- 4 Of England, Home, and duty 74
- 5 Showbiz imperialism 94
- 6 ‘The grit of our forefathers’ 113
- 7 Boy’s Own Empire 140
- 8 ‘In touch with the infinite’ 165
- 9 ‘Bringing the Empire alive’ 192
- 10 Citizens of the Empire 232
- Index 257
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of illustrations vi
- List of contributors vii
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Patriotism and Empire 17
- 3 ‘Up Guards and At them!’ 49
- 4 Of England, Home, and duty 74
- 5 Showbiz imperialism 94
- 6 ‘The grit of our forefathers’ 113
- 7 Boy’s Own Empire 140
- 8 ‘In touch with the infinite’ 165
- 9 ‘Bringing the Empire alive’ 192
- 10 Citizens of the Empire 232
- Index 257
