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The manner of Gordon's death is uncertain, but it was romanticised in a popular painting by George William Joy — General Gordon's Last Stand (1893, currently in the Leeds City Art Gallery), and again in the film Khartoum (1966) with Charlton Heston as Gordon.
Der Tod von Gordon in Khartum von J.L.G. Ferris um 1895. George W. Joy's General Gordon's Last Stand von 1893. Das Kenotaph von Charles George Gordon in der Londoner St Paul’s Cathedral (2006) Im Sudan hatte 1881 Muhammad Ahmad den Mahdi-Aufstand ausgelöst.
The British refused to send a military force to the area, instead appointing Charles George Gordon as Governor-General of Sudan, with orders to evacuate Khartoum and the other garrisons. Gordon arrived in Khartoum in February 1884, where he found it impossible to reach the other garrisons which were already besieged.
George William Joy’s extremely popular painting General Gordon’s Last Stand (1893), which depicted him at the top of a staircase in the Governor’s Palace at Khartoum, calmly awaiting his fate as a Mahdist soldier aimed a spear at his chest, was reproduced in countless prints and engravings.
15. Jan. 2021 · In Khartoum, General Gordon, a devout Christian and the ablest commander of his day, is besieged by the army of the Mahdi. Guided by his faith, Gordon courag...
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General Gordon's Last Stand. Joy's portrayal of Gordon's death. He was initially destined for the military and was also an accomplished violin player. After a foot injury at young age, his father declared him unfit for military service. Joy was then educated at Harrow School and eventually pursued a career as an artist.
It shows the heroic figure of General Charles Gordon, tall and straight-backed, defiant to the last in the face of certain death from the massed spears of the rebels as they lay siege to...
