Janus: Redwood Natal [i.e. Province of KwaZulu-Natal] and Zululand Album. 1879-80

RCS/Y3058A contains:
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10	West Street, Durban
11	'Sultan', July 1879
12	Embarkation of the Prince Imperial's Body at the Point, Port Natal [i.e. Durban]
13	'Chorister' - 14 Nov 1880
14	Embarkation of the Prince Imperial's body at the Point, Port Natal [i.e. Durban]
15	Maritzburg [i.e. Pietermaritzburg] from Fort Napior [Napier]
16	Maritzburg [i.e. Pietermaritzburg] , Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]
17	Railway bridge over Umgeni [i.e. Mgeni] River
18	Umgeni Falls, Howick, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]
19	Karkloof Falls, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]
20	Kafir Kraal, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]
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Redwood Natal [i.e. Province of KwaZulu-Natal] and Zululand Album. 1879-80

Title	Maritzburg [i.e. Pietermaritzburg] from Fort Napior [Napier]
Reference	Y3058A/15
Creator	Caney, B, W, fl 1880-1889, photographer
Covering Dates	1879–1880
Extent and Medium	Good condition.

Content and context

195 x 128 mm. A view from Fort Napier, situated on a hill south-west of the town, looking down on to the neatly laid out tree shaded streets of Pietermaritzburg. With a field gun pointing out over the town from behind earthwork fortifications in the foreground. The garrison at Fort Napier was the only concentration of forces in the colony in the months before the war, and it was these depleted defences, together with the ease with which a Zulu army might cross the undefended Buffalo River into Natal, which were partially responsible for the decision to invade Zululand. The photograph is probably by Caney.

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Africa

Napier

South Africa

Western Cape, Province of the

Caney, B W (fl 1880-1889) photographer

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