Zulu Dawn:“Excuse me, my Lord, there's something I must convey to you. I rode along the track down to Rorke's Drift. The sky above is red with fire. Your orders my Lord? Do we move to the drift?”
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Subject: Artistic licenses ? Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:06 am
Hello All
As you may have can be seen , W . Lloyd has seen with his eyes , the vérérans of the 1/24 th foot before Isandhlwana because theses soldiers are represented in it's light -hearted sketches with :
- Band of hide round the stock and barrel of theirs Martini-Henry rifles for a great confort... I thought it was forbidden ???
- Their bayonet frogs are on the top of their havesacks ??? I thought it was forbidden ???
- Their cuff designs are not formed by white braid tape coming to a point and not possed trefoil knots ???
- The design after W.Lloyd completely encircle the sleeve as on the tunics of the british infantry after the 1881 british infantry réorganisation???
It's a artistic license or the cuff design of the vérérans of the 1/24 th foot before and at Isandhlwana were really like this ?
Cheers
Pascal
Chelmsfordthescapegoat
Posts : 2580 Join date : 2009-04-24
Subject: Re: Artistic licenses ? Sun Nov 04, 2012 8:25 am
I would imagine, he only painted what he saw. Why would he make alterations. Good observations Pascal.
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Subject: Re: Artistic licenses ? Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:07 am
In my opinon , the poor soldiers patched up their outfits as they could and re-manufactured the siding sleeves of their coats as they could...
They must have been terrible differences between the uniforms of the two battalions of the 24 th at Isandhlwana...
Now I make 1/56 th scales figures for a complete company of the 1/24 th in the uniforms as painted by Lloyd...
Chelmsfordthescapegoat
Posts : 2580 Join date : 2009-04-24
Subject: Re: Artistic licenses ? Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:09 am
I would stick with Lloyd. After all he was the camera of the day.
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Subject: Re: Artistic licenses ? Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:37 am
Yes Ithank that there is no artistic license with him , he is honest as you say and he is a peerless witness...
90th
Posts : 10326 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 65 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Artistic Licenses Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:48 am
Hi Pascal / CTSG. Lloyd isnt the only one who painted it as he saw it , The Road To Ulundi by J.N.Crealock is full of paintings by Crealock of every day life in camp and on the march through Zululand and his paintings are in the same vein as Lloyds . Another Peerless witness as stated by Pascal . Cheers 90th
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Subject: Re: Artistic licenses ? Sun Nov 04, 2012 12:55 pm
Yes Gary and in the earlies battles of this war (before Gingindlovu ) ,were are the other british infantry battalions with tattered uniforms?
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