General
General
Object Auto ID
66598
Alternate Codes
159551
Common Name
Photograph
Classified Name
Photograph
Local Name
Dutoitspan, Kimberley
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Five postcard-size Photograph pasted together to make a panoramic landscape with figures, horses and carts, shops, different coloured flags and the open mine on the right. It is a view of an early diamond fields town near Beaconsfield now a suburb of Kimberley. Dutoitspan linked to Mendelssohn.

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Photography
Distinguishing Features

Horses Carts diamond mining

Inscriptions
No visible inscription
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Visible image 190 x 970 mm.
History
Object Age Comment
c.1875
Maker Comment
Photographer unknown
User Comment
[L.2]
Collector Comment
Hand-coloured photograph
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
x y z
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