ALBX 5 | SAHRIS

General

Object Auto ID

25216

Alternate Codes

objectautoid_sahrisv1_33428

Common Name

Photograph album

Classified Name

Photograph album

Album, Photograph

Local Name

Photograph album

Quantity

1.00

Object Description

Photograph album:TITLE        WC PALGRAVE ALBUM
PUBLISHER    1876.
PHYS DESCR   ill.
NOTE         WILLIAM COATES PALGRAVE (1833-97), MAGISTRATE & DIPLOMATIC AGENT, SENT BY CAPE GOVERNMENT ON SEVERAL MISSIONS TO NAMIBIA TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE ANNEXATION, 1876-84.
NOTE         BOARD PAGES BADLY FOXED (INTERLEAVED WITH SILK PAPER IN ATTEMPT TO RETARD DETERIORATION, 1990)
NOTE         INDEXED INIL 11624-11796.
NOTE         LARGE ALBUM, COVER LABELLED: 'SPECIAL COMMISSION TO DAMARALAND AND GREAT NAMAQUALAND, 1876', & 'THE GREY LIBRARY'; BACK OF FLYLEAF INSCRIBED IN PENCIL: 'PICTURE PORTFOLIO BELONGING TO WILLIAM COATES PALGRAVE'S "REPORT...OF...MISSION TODAMARALAND
AND GREAT NAMAQUALAND IN 1876" (GREY 386)', CONTAINING SCENIC VIEWS OF NAMIBIA, & GROUP & INDIVIDUAL PORTRAITS OF BLACK & COLOURED PEOPLE, APPARENTLY TAKEN BY F HODGSON (PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER APPOINTED TO ACCOMPANYCOMMISSION) - ALL ITEMS EXCEPT LANDSCAPES COPIED (SEE: WC PALGRAVE COPY PRINT ALBUMS: ALBUM 190) - COPY NEGATIVES AVAILABLE.

Provenance

Collection album donated to the National Library by Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.

Owner

National Library of South Africa

Description

Technique Types

Photography

Colours

Sepia

Distinguishing Features

A range of sepia photographs in a large album of book form. Red rectangular ex libris label The Grey Library.