Janus: Miscellaneous Portraits

RCS/Y3011T contains:
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41	[George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon (1877-1955)]
42	[A. Seymour Brown]
43	Sir Henry Francis (Harry) Wilson (1859-1937)
44	Sir John Lintorn Arabin Simmons (1821-1903)
45	[Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902)]
46	[Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902)]
47	[Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902)]
48	[Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902)]
49	Bust of Rev. John Radcliffe presented by F Curdall [?] Esq., Jamaica
50	[Unidentified male]
51	[Unidentified male]
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Miscellaneous Portraits

Title	[Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902)]
Reference	Y3011T/46
Creator	Elliott and Fry
Extent and Medium	Good condition.

Content and context

101 x 145 mm. Mounted on card. Three quarters profile view of the bust of Rhodes by Conrad Dressler. After amassing a fortune in the diamond mining industry at Kimberley and the formation of De Beers Consolidated Mines Company in 1888, Rhodes set about building his dream of a federal South African dominion under the rule of the British flag. He was instrumental in the founding of Rhodesia in 1890, but his plans were cut short when he was forced to resign the premiership of Cape Colony in 1896 after the abortive Jameson Raid of the previous year. This bust, described as 'a remarkable work' in (Brookner 1956), was presented to the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir James Blyth in 1905. It has since been disposed of. Photograph by Elliott and Fry.

Further information

Brookner, Anita (1956), An Iconography of Cecil Rhodes, Oxford: The Rhodes Trust.

Y3011T/45-48 are all photographs of the Dressler bust.

Indexed

Y3011T/45.

Index Terms

Elliott and Fry

Rhodes, Cecil John (1853-1902) imperialist and benefactor

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