General Jan Smuts

Category

Library Item

Item no

30087

Title

General Jan Smuts

Description

A page from a World War One scrapbook (vol 2) showing a portrait of General Jan Smuts, prime minister of South Africa, army officer, and writer on evolution.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1916

Size

27.5 x 22.0 cm

Type

Document

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This image is taken from the 2nd of 2 scrapbooks compiled during World War One by the Thomson Family who were living at Glengyle Terrace in Edinburgh. Most of the items pasted into the scrapbooks are press cuttings, leaflets and ephemera but a couple of articles, such as letters and a ration book, give personal details and an indication of the impact of war on the family. Many of the letters of correspondence are sent to Thomas Thomson. Thomas Davidson Thomson was only 3 years old at the outbreak of war and so, his parents must have collated and maintained the scrapbooks, which span the full period of the war, on his behalf.

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