3-021-405 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Abyssinian Expedition: departure of the released prisoners from the head-quarters camp, Plain of Dalanta, [Delanta, Ethiopia],1868. Engraving of a sketch by '...our Special Artist...of the departure of the rescued European prisoners; Mr. Rassam, the British Envoy; Consul Cameron, Lieutenant Prideaux, Dr. Blanc, the Rev. Dr. Stern, Mr. and Mrs. Rosenthal, Mr. and Mrs. Flad, and their companions. They left, on April 21, the head-quarters camp of the British Army on the plains of Dalanta, proceeding to the port of Zulla, where they were to embark for Suez, on their way to their respective homes. Of these Europeans, numbering between thirty and forty, the majority were German artisans, who had been in King Theodore's employ. Several were accompanied by their Abyssinian wives and half-caste children. Their personal attire was of a miscellaneous description; the gentlemen had some remnants of European costume, but the ladies had scarcely a trace of it; or, if they had, it was concealed by the ample robes they wore, after the fashion of the Abyssinian women. Some of the native women rode two on a mule. The party was attended by a host of servants, carrying as many bundles, dishes, and other household utensils as they could take with them'. From "Illustrated London News", 1868.