Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

General Louis Botha with his sons (Louis Botha; Philip George Botha; Louis Botha; John Cheere Emmett Botha) NPG x196009

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Arthur Elliott

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.