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| Keywords: Merriman and Griffiths - The Observer - PE Cape Colony 1877.jpg en Cartoon in the Port Elizabeth Observer newspaper 1877 attacking the Cape Town based government of Molteno for its reluctance to embark on imperial expansion John X Merriman the Commissioner for Public Works is shown reluctantly obeying the Governor Bartle Frere's orders to expand the frontier into the Xhosa Kingdom of Kreli Commandant Griffiths holds the tools of Police and Volunteers but asks for military aid which Merriman declines Artist is CJ Barber 2013-10-14 11 35 59 The Observer of South African Affairs Port Elizabeth RSA CJ Barber The Observer Cape Colony 1877 PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard The Observer Port Elizabeth newspaper John X Merriman | ||||
