Battle of Adwa Painting

Detail from a painting of The Battle of Adwa by an unknown Ethiopian artist c.1925
The detail shows Ethiopian Troops fighting the Italian Troops at the Battle of Adwa, 1896
Photo - © The Royal Asiatic Society - 2008

First Published in News File Summer 2008

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