"No Surrender": The Black Watch at Magersfontein

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"No Surrender": The Black Watch at Magersfontein
Oil painting, 35in. by 27in. (89cm. by 68cm.), signed FRANK FELLER 1900, in gilt wood frame, depicting an incident in the Battle of Magersfontein: a kilted Officer of the Black Watch, bleeding from a head-wound, stands defiantly on a kopje, surrounded by six of his dead or desperately-wounded soldiers
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Frank Feller (1848-1908) was a well-known, Swiss born illustrator and postcard artist. He worked from London and produced several watercolours and oils concerning the Boer War. Four watercolours are in the MuseuMAfricA, Johannesburg.