An unidentified soldier offers a drink of water to a wounded soldier from his canteen, bodies are ...

Accession Number P05524.005
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Underwood and Underwood
Place made South Africa: Cape Colony
Date made 30 December 1900
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

An unidentified soldier offers a drink of water to a wounded soldier from his canteen, bodies are draped over the rocks around them. This is probably a staged scene. This is one half of a stereo image, the original caption reads 'The last drop - a scene on the battlefield at Dordrecht, South Africa, Dec 30th.' The full stereo image is held at P05524.025.