Gordon at Khartoum--four figures and staircase--RETIRED--LAST ONE!!
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John Jenkins Designs - RETIRED COLLECTION

Item Number: SUD-01

4 figures and Staircase. Limited Edition 600.

This introductory vignette based on the painting by George William Joy.  He was probably best known for his painting of the death of General Charles Gordon, who died defending Khartoum against the Mahdi (painted in 1885).  By 1884, it became apparent that Gordon was not leaving Khartoum.  The prospect of his death and the loss of the Sudan prompted national outcry in Britain, including Queen Victoria, who pressured Prime Minister Gladstone into sending a relief force.  On March 25th, the Queen wrote to the Secretary of War, Lord Hartington, "Gordon is in danger: you are bound to try and save him".  The Forces of the Mahdi breached Khartoum's defences in January 1885, slaughtering the inhabitants and murdering Governor-General Charles Gordon.  His severed head was paraded before the Mahdi on a pike.

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