Monumental Ethiopian Tablet-Woven Silk Curtains: A Case for Royal Patronage

• Autores: Ewa Balicka-Witakowska, Michael Gervers
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 138, Nº 1119, 1996, págs. 376-385
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In 1864 King Tewodros of Ethiopia, frustrated by a lack of response to his appeals, took desperate action. He imprisoned the British consul in Ethiopia and over the next three years seized several other Europeans and their families. Queen Victoria did not take this indignity lightly and in the autumn of 1867 dispatched from India an expeditionary force of more than twelve thousand men, led by Sir Robert Napier, to liberate them. After traversing nearly four hundred miles of difficult terrain, the army laid siege to Tewodros in his highland fortress of Maqdala. Following a brief encounter, the king committed suicide on 13th April 1868 and the fortress fell into British hands.'