Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Louis Botha ('Men of the Day. No. 1068. "Uncle Louis."') NPG D45382

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by 'ryg'

Born of German descent near Natal (now in South Africa), Botha grew up in the Orange Free State and was educated at a German missionary school. In 1884 he served in the army, helping to found the New Republic in Zululand (now northern KwaZulu Natal). Botha became politically active when the New Republic became part of the South Africa Republic, winning election to parliament in 1897. At the outbreak of the South African War in 1899, he served as a General but was unable to... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.