The Prince and the Plunder

A book on how Britain took one boy and piles of treasures from Ethiopia

A 17th century parchment with sacred drawings, from the emperor’s palace

Published / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a Comment

What: Drawings of St George and the Dragon , the Virgin and Child, Christ and His Disciples, in Gethsemane, Christ scourged, Christ mocked, the Crucifixion and Taking Down from the Cross, likely taken from a manuscript

Where: The Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd, Knightsbridge, London SW7 2RL

The catalogue entry reads: “This drawing was brought from the Emperor Theodore’s Palace at Magdala on its destruction by the Abyssinian Expedition, 1868. Purchased from Mr McNaughton, 4 Oct 1920.”

Museum number:
E.3937-1920

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