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The Assassination of Shaka

Item date(s): 1973

Stephen Gray  - (text by)
Cecil Skotnes  - (illustrated by)


Pages: 43 plates
Size: 535mm
Inscription: Signed by the artist and the author.
Edition: #XV/XXV Proof

Type: Portfolio

Place publication: n. p.

Additional notes:
By Mhlangane Dingane and Mbopa on 22 September, 1828 at Dukuza by which act the Zulu nation first lost its empire. 43 woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes with captions by Stephen Gray. This edition limited to 225 sets numbered 1 to 225 and 25 artist proofs numbered I to XXV of which each graphic is numbered and signed by the artist and each set signed on the title page by the artist and poet. Title page with signatures; Colophon sheet with limitation; 86 pages with text and illustrations; Final sheet with initials of the artist and the poet and the date.. Portfolio in drop-back linen box with title on spine.

Ref: GB/10684









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