Home » Media Library » photos » King Dick the peacemaker cannon, 1902

King Dick the peacemaker cannon, 1902

King Dick the peacemaker cannon, 1902

Soldiers alongside a mock cannon, painted upon which are the words "King Dick The Peacemaker". Photograph taken in 1902 during peace celebrations in Nelson following the South African War.

The role of Prime Minister 'King Dick' Seddon in the war can hardly be described as that of a peacemaker.

Credit:

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 10X8-0221-G
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image

Bookmark/Search this post with:
How to cite this page: 'King Dick the peacemaker cannon, 1902', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/king-dick-peacemaker-cannon-1902, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 27-Jul-2011

Community contributions

There are currently no community contributions for this page - please fill out the form to the right if you would like to add your story

What do you know?

Can you tell us more about the information on this page?
Perhaps you have a related experience you would like to share?

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

Comments will be reviewed prior to posting. Not all comments posted. Tell me more...

© Crown Copyright. All text is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence. Commercial re-use may be allowed on request. All non-text content is subject to specific conditions.
This site is produced by the History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Meet the NZHistory.net.nz team