General Gordon's Garden, Khartoum, Sudan Joshua Reynolds The gardens were opened in

The gardens were opened in 1832 and comprised 15 acres

Full length portrait showing him holding a letter in his right hand

and are in contrast to the very small waists that were achieved by wearing tight bodices

Figures showing the overall construction and several details of vessels

It also illustrates the proportions of the arm and correlates them with those of the torso

General Gordon's Garden, Khartoum, Sudan Joshua Reynolds The gardens were opened inGeneral Gordon's Garden, Khartoum, Sudan, c1890. Known as 'Chinese Gordon' because of his exploits in China in the Second Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion, Charles George Gordon (1833 1885) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. Appointed Governor General of the Sudan in 1880, he was killed at Khartoum on 26 January 1885 when the forces of the Mahdi overwhelmed the city. Lantern slide.