General
General
Object Auto ID
77476
Common Name
Photograph
Classified Name
Photograph
Local Name
Photograph of the Diamond Fields and Natal; Du Toits Pan - The first of the dry diggings - Viewed from the Pan
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Two women on their knees next to water - probably looking for alluvial diamonds. There is a horsecart on the shore and an African man holding two horses in the water. (Part of an album, see 6555)

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Photography
Distinguishing Features

women labourers

Inscriptions
Signed Gray b.r.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Photograph bound in an album; Page size: 225 x 280mm
History
Object Age Comment
1873
Maker Comment
GRAY & OTHERS
Production Place
Kimberley
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
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