| RCS contains: |
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| Y305F |
Views in South Africa, circa 1899 |
| Y305G |
Views in Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg and Pretoria, circa 1890-1900 |
| Y305H |
Photographs of South Africa, circa 1900 |
| Y305I |
Views in Cape Town, circa 1902 |
| Y305K |
Sydney Tyers album |
| Y305L |
Edward John Dunn Collection |
| Y305M |
General C.R. de Wet at Norvalspont concentration camp |
| Y305N |
Portrait of Tiyo Soga |
| Y305O |
Photographs of indigenous South African tribes |
| Y305P |
South Africa 1936 (Lord Hewart Album) |
| Y305R |
Du Cap au Zambèze. Notes de voyage dans l'Afrique du Sud, Genève: Baden-Baden printed, 1884 |
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Views in South Africa, circa 1899
| Title |
Views in South Africa, circa 1899 |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y305F |
| Creator |
Melvill, Edward H V, fl 1879-1899, government surveyor |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1899 |
| Extent and Medium |
17 images in 1 file; The prints are in good condition. |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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Relatively little is known of E.H.V. Melvill. He is recorded in The Cape of Good Hope Civil Service Lists as having passed the required examinations in July 1879. However, no record of his being on the Civil Establishment of either the Cape or Natal has been found in the Civil Service lists for either colony. However, he is recorded in the Cape of Good Hope General Directory for 1886 and 1887 (but not 1885) as a Government Surveyor, resident at 10 City Chambers, Grave Street, Cape Town. A similar collection to this, presented to the Royal Geographical Society in 1899, was given by E.H.V. Melvill, A.M.I.C.E., Government Surveyor (The Geographic Journal, Vol. XIII, Jan-June 1899, p.464).
A collection of loose prints (1-14 are platinum prints), most measuring approximately 200 x 150 mm, with pencilled captions on the reverse. The photographer's stamp is imprinted in relief in the bottom right-hand corner of each print.
Presented by E.H.V Melvill in 1899.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Views in South Africa, circa 1899, Y305F |
| Further information |
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Indexed
This collection level description was entered by KS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche numbers 159-165.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| South Africa |
| Melvill, Edward H V (fl 1879-1899) government surveyor |
| RCS/Y305F contains: |
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Adderley Street, Cape Town. 200 x 150 mm. A view looking south east along Adderley Street with the General Post Office, completed in the late 1890's, in the left foreground. Trams and pony cabs are on the roadway and the portico of the Standard Bank can be partially seen beyond the post office at the Darling Street junction.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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2
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Stewards handicap, Xmas meeting 1898, Johannesburg, S.A.R. 201 x 147 mm. Showing spectators at the finishing post watching the closing stages of the Stewards handicap. Crossing the line is 'Miss Impudence' followed by 'Undine' and 'Flippant'.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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3
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The Park. Maritzburg, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]. 199 x 146 mm. Showing a roadway beside a river in the park in Pietermaritzburg, with an African rickshaw driver standing in the foreground.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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4
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Washing site, Maritzburg, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]. 200 x 150 mm. A view looking along the Umsunduzi River at Pietermaritzburg with a group of African women washing clothes on the rocks in the foreground.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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5
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Howick Bridge, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]. 150 x 198 mm. A view looking along the Umgeni River towards the small girder bridge at Howick, a few miles north of Pietermaritzburg.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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6
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Lower Umkomaas Station, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]. 202 x 148 mm. Showing the railway line and station platform at Umkomaas with the beach in the background. Umkomaas is a seaside resort on the Indian Ocean at the mouth of the Umkomaas River thirty miles south-west of Durban.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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7
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The Cliffs, Umkomaas River, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]. 201 x 150 mm. A view looking down onto a curve in the Umkomaas River, with sheer cliffs topped by dense forest on the left hand bank.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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8
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Umkomaas River, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]. 200 x 149 mm. A view from a neighbouring hillside looking down on the Umkomaas River, with wooden hills on either side.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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9
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Umkomaas River, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]. 200 x 149 mm. A view looking down on a curve in the Unkomaas River with an African village of thatched huts set in a cleared enclosure on the riverbank in the foreground.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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10
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Natwes, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]. 201 x 150 mm. Showing a row of Zulu men and women dressed in their finery and standing in front of a thatched hut.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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11
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Native women, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]. 201 x 149 mm. Showing three Zulu women and a young child standing in front of a thatched hut.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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12
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Native dance, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]. 125 x 180.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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13
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British residency, Pretoria. Z.A.R [i.e. South African Republic, now known as Transvaal]. 201 x 148 mm. Showing the two storey residency at Pretoria, a modest verandahed brick building with a corrugated iron roof; with the well tended garden in the foreground.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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14
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Commandant Abel Erasmus, Lydenburg, Z.A.R. [i.e. South African Republic, now known as Transvaal]. 195 x 145 mm. Showing Josephus Abel Erasmus, a white bearded figure in a checked suit and pith helmet, seated on horseback with an armed African soldier standing at attention beside the horse. Abel Erasmus (1845-1912) was an official of the Transvaal Republic who grew up in the Ohrigstad area. From 1864-1876 he farmed at Krugerspos (where he lived for the rest of his life). After playing an important role in various native wars he served during the first Boer War as a field cornet in the siege of Lyndenburg. From 1881-1897 he was Native Commissioner for the Lyndenburg District and on his travels opened up many of the mountain routes in the Bantu territories of the Lowveld which are still in use today. In 1887 he served as a member of the Commission which demarcated the Swazi-Portuguese border.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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15
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Crossing Komati River. 99 x 72 mm. Showing a large span of oxen wading across the Kamati River.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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16
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Graves [of] British officers and men, Bronkhorst Spruit [i.e. Bronkhorstspruit ]. 99 x 71 mm. Showing a group of Europeans standing in front of the stone wall enclosing the graves of men of the 94th Regiment under Colonel P. Anstruther which was attacked by a Boer force in December 1880, thus precipitating the first Boer War. The town of Bronkhorst Spruit, situated in the Transvaal about fifty miles from Pretoria, was named Erasmus until 1929.
Good condition.. |
circa 1899 |
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Boundary beacon at Ressano Garcia between Lourenco Marques and Z. A. Republic [i.e. South African Republic, now known as Transvaal]. 94 x 66 mm. Showing the boundary marker, with Portuguese inscription, in the bush in the southern corner of Lourenco Marques.
Good condition, apart from slight fading in highlights.. |
circa 1899 |
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