Gordon's diary of the siege of Khartoum plumed Henry Fitzailwin

Henry Fitzailwin

The Observatory was erected in 1835 for the British Parallactic Society

which is the parish church of the Tower of London

fixed is my gaze

One of a pair of 70ft/21m stone statues of Amenhotep III (Amenophis III) that stood in front of the mortuary temple that is now destroyed

Gordon's diary of the siege of Khartoum plumed Henry FitzailwinGordon's diary of the siege of Khartoum, 14th December 1884. Diary written by Major General Charles George Gordon during the siege, from 10th September. (the day on which Colonel Stewart and Frank Power left Khartoum) to 14th December 1884. From the first series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I V, (London, 1899).