English: A Kafir and Hottentot war-party scene, from Scenes in Kafirland, and Incidents in the Kafir War of 1851-2-3,

FIRST EDITION, [1854]
Scenes in Kafirland, and Incidents in the Kafir War of 1851-2-3. From Sketches by Two Officers of the 43rd Lt.-Infantry, FIRST EDITION, letterpress title and preface leaf, 21 hand-coloured lithographed plates on 18 sheets, [Abbey Travel,344; Mendelssohn I, p.801], folio (528 x 350mm.), Dickinson Bros., [1854]
'The following sketches give some idea of the appearance and duties of the British soldier in Kafirland, as well of the enemy he has to contend with..." (Preface).

Combatants of the 8th Xhosa war (also: Mlanjeni's War and Bonte Oorlog), defending a position in the Water Kloof during the second year of the war, 1851. Xhosa, Kat River Khoi-khoi and some army deserters are depicted. An approximate location is given below.
  The war started at Kaalhoek during Christmas time, 1850, and by 1852 the Water Kloof was secured by colonial forces. The ringleaders of the insurgents surrendered in 1853.