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General

Object Auto ID

69183

Alternate Codes

159363

Common Name

Photographic reproduction

Classified Name

Photograph

Local Name

Transvaal delegates at Charlestown station on the occasion of the official opening of the Transvaal-Natal railway line [1889]

Quantity

1.00

Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Group of 18 men at Charlestown railway station. Seated in the centre is Sir Charles Mitchell with ZAR Pres. Kruger to the viewer's right and ZAR Vice Pres. Genl. Smit to the viewer's left of him. Some of the other delegates include Sir David Hunter, H.B. Bousfield, Sir A.H. Hime, P.L. Uys, F. Elof, Capt. Parry and F.S. Haden. (Names - incomplete - from the backing board).

Provenance

Unknown

Description

Technique Types

Photography

Distinguishing Features

Portraits. Statesmen. Transvaal Natal Railway stations. Charlestown. 1889 Kruger, Stephanus Johannes Paulus, 1825-1904 Mitchell, Sir Charles Bullen Hugh, 1836-1899 Vice President ZAR Genl Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, 5 May 1837 ? 4 April 1896 Sir David Hunter, H.B. Bousfield, Sir A.H. Hime, P.L. Uys, F. Elof [Eloff], Capt. Parry and F.S. Haden.

Inscriptions

b.l. signed in pencil "Elliott, C.T."

Measurement Type	Unit	Value

Dimension Comments

Gold-painted wood frame.; Image size 260 x 360 mm

History

Object Age Comment

1932 (original 1889, see Notes)

Maker Comment

ELLIOTT, Arthur, 1870-1938 - rephotographed

Collector Comment

Photographic reproduction

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