Abyssinian War: King Theodore, as he lay dead at Magdala

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2953 x 2110 px | 25 x 17.9 cm | 9.8 x 7 inches | 300dpi

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23 February 2010

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RM2XAP7H8–The War in Abyssinia: King Theodore, as he lay dead at Magdala, April 13, 1868. Engraving of a sketch by Major H. A. Leveson. 'Theodore [Emperor Tewodros II, had] retired within [the fortress of] Magdala, and there awaited the advance of the British...Theodore, who had already dropped his Royal robe of silk to escape observation, fled from the gateway to a retired spot higher up on the citadel...after a desperate resistance, when the British troops forced their way into the fortress, [he] shot himself, putting the pistol into his mouth...His dead body was found...alone on the hill above...From

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