Sydney, Australia's Alphonse de Neuvilles Rorke's Drift painting. Chard

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Natal Witness 25 November 1881
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Major Chard V.C. R.E. one of the defenders of Rorke's Drift is about to leave England on foreign service at Malta. M de Neuvilles picture "The Defence of Rorke's Drift" is about to leave the country having been purchased for a museum in Sydney.

I think they may have got the artists name slightly wrong

Kate,

I imagine the M is an abbreviation of Monsieur - his full name was Alphonse Marie Adolphe de Neuville.

JY

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Hi Kate
I went to the NSW Art Gallery late in 2022 and saw this painting . It's large ! .
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I knew you's been to see it which is why I posted up the initial article. Must have been quite something to see.
How close could you get to it?

Hi Kate
Basically touching distance , yes was something to see no doubt about that .
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Touching distance Shocked

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