Lord Napier of Magdala Product:Canvas 'Sacrificing to Bel'

'Sacrificing to Bel'

)' This cartoon pokes a little gentle fun at the giraffes at London Zoo

does it himself

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Lord Napier of Magdala Product:Canvas 'Sacrificing to Bel'Lord Napier of Magdala, 1878. Napier was commissioned in the Bengal engineers in 1826. He served in the first and second Sikh Wars and helped in the relief of Lucknow in 1858 during the Indian mutiny. In 1867 68 he commanded what was regarded as a textbook campaign to free British prisoners in Ethiopia, culminating in the capture of Magdala, for which he was raised to the peerage. He went on to become commander in chief of the forces in India in 1870