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Boer War: wounded soldiers being escorted off the hospital train at Durban from Ladysmith. Watercolour by F. Dadd, 1899.

Boer War: Red Cross hospital train arriving at Durban. Process print by C.H. after F.C. Harrison after F. Dadd, 1899.

A girl and a dog walk through a hall lined with suits of armour. Wood engraving by H. Linton after F. Dadd.

Five prisoners in Persia walking around a yard bound together by chains, a guard with a sword walks nearby. Process print by C. Hentschel after F. Dadd.

Lucia Zarate and General Mite, two dwarfs, with a giant and their exhibitor. Wood engraving by W.I. Mosses after F. Dadd.

World War I: members of the Royal Army Medical Corps attending a shelled gun position in France. Gouache painting by F. Dadd, 1916.

Boer War: wounded soldiers returning to Ladysmith camp after a battle. Reproduction after a watercolour by F. Dadd after photograph.

Boer War: a nurse helping invalids to an ambulance for transfer to Maritzburg from Ladysmith. Process print after a drawing by F. Dadd after W.T. Maud.

An old Afghan man sits with a woman and child on the ground smoking a hooka. Wood-engraving after F. Dadd.

Boer War: thirsty ambulance men queuing up at a beer tent. Process print by Swain after F. Dadd after A. Lindsay Twite.

The boiling and testing of opium by Chinese men watched by a European man. Wood-engraving by F. Dadd, c. 1880.

Boer War: the work of the Natal volunteer ambulance force. Reproduction after a photograph by A.L. Twite after F. Dadd.

A prisoner's feet are tied to a pole as a man with a long stick beats the soles of his feet, Persia. Process print by C. Hentschel, 1896, after F. Dadd.

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Frank Dadd

Images from the collections

Images by Frank Dadd

Works from the collections

A prisoner's feet are tied to a pole as a man with a long stick beats the soles of his feet, Persia. Process print by C. Hentschel, 1896, after F. Dadd.

Boer War: wounded soldiers being escorted off the hospital train at Durban from Ladysmith. Watercolour by F. Dadd, 1899.

An old Afghan man sits with a woman and child on the ground smoking a hooka. Wood-engraving after F. Dadd.

Boer War: Red Cross hospital train arriving at Durban. Process print by C.H. after F.C. Harrison after F. Dadd, 1899.

Lucia Zarate and General Mite, two dwarfs, with a giant and their exhibitor. Wood engraving by W.I. Mosses after F. Dadd.

Frank Dadd

Images from the collections

Images by Frank Dadd

Works from the collections

A prisoner's feet are tied to a pole as a man with a long stick beats the soles of his feet, Persia. Process print by C. Hentschel, 1896, after F. Dadd.

Boer War: wounded soldiers being escorted off the hospital train at Durban from Ladysmith. Watercolour by F. Dadd, 1899.

An old Afghan man sits with a woman and child on the ground smoking a hooka. Wood-engraving after F. Dadd.

Boer War: Red Cross hospital train arriving at Durban. Process print by C.H. after F.C. Harrison after F. Dadd, 1899.

Lucia Zarate and General Mite, two dwarfs, with a giant and their exhibitor. Wood engraving by W.I. Mosses after F. Dadd.

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