General Gordon portrait

Item

Title

General Gordon portrait
watercolour

Creator

Abercrombie, Lady

Subject

Portrait; Sudan; Gordon, C.G., Maj Gen
Drawings and Watercolours

Description

A watercolour painting of Major General Gordon in civilian dress by Lady Abercrombie. The painting has a dark background with Gordon dressed in a shirt, tie and jacket. The frame of the painting is wooden with lots of detail etched into it, the wood is bronze coloured. [FHM 09/2019]
Listed as coming from C. G. Anderson in the Gordon's School register of objects. [NSty 23/10/20]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

1890
1898

Format

Height 560mm; Width 445mm; Depth 45mm
wood

Identifier

GGC205

Rights

© Royal Engineers Museum