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"The Conquest of Magdala". Re-enactments of recent military events made for popular theatre in Lambeth. Here the invasion of Ethiopia, by the British Army under Sir Robert Napier and the defeat and suicide of the Emperor Theodore is "celebrated" five months after the event.

Details
Collection:	Astleys
Image type:	Print
Artist:
Ref:	04250
Identifier:	12/951
Date:	1868

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