44398 Photograph

General

Object Auto ID

72817

Alternate Codes

160797

Common Name

Photograph

Classified Name

Photograph

Quantity

1.00

Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Sepia photograph of Speaker Bisset and the two Clerks of the House E F Kilpin and G R Hofmeyr at their desks in the Cape Legislative Assembly Chamber. The Cape Mace displayed in front of them and a portrait painting of Queen Victoria hangs above them in a niche on the wall. Photograph of the Speaker and Clerks of the House of Assembly; Berry, Sir William Bisset, 1839-1922. Portrait. ca 1898-1908 Kilpin, Sir Ernest Fuller, 1854-1931. Portrait. ca 1898-1908 Hofmeyr, Gysbert Reitz, 1871-1942. Portrait. ca 1898-1908

Provenance

Unknown

Description

Technique Types

Photography

Distinguishing Features

Parliament Cape Legislative Assembly Berry, Sir William Bisset Speaker Kilpin, Sir Ernest Fuller, Clerk of the House Hofmeyr, Gysbert Reitz, Clerk Assistant Mace Queen Victoria painting

Inscriptions

On backing board b.l. S B Barnard. B.r. Cape Town.

Measurement Type	Unit	Value

Dimension Comments

Unframed, in silver-safe paper and in a box; Image size 230 x 186 mm

History

Object Age Comment

c. 1898-1908

Maker Comment

BARNARD, Samuel Baylis, (1841 - 1916)

Collector Comment

Photograph sepia

Date Retrieved	Reference Types	Citation

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