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Historically Significant Album with 37 Albumen Studio Photographs of the British Colony of Natal in Modern-Day South Africa Showing Durban General Views from Berea original St. Joseph’s Catholic Church West Street the Bluff Durban Bay Bridges over the Umgeni River Pietermaritzburg General View from Fort Napier Church Street First Building of the Natal Society Library Umgeni and Umkomas Rivers Howick Falls Pinetown a Hotel in Verulam Memorial at the Battle of Majuba Hill Oxen Wagon Trains Zulu People &c. Ca. 1880s.

Best.-Nr. PE62Folio album ca. 305x26 cm or 12 x 10 ¼ in. 15 card stock leaves. With 37 original albumen photos including one large image ca. 21x265 cm 8 ¼ x 10 ¼ in; the rest of the photos are from ca. 145x20 cm 5 ¾ x 7 ¾ in to ca. 95x13 cm 3 ¾ x 5 ¼ in. All but six photos with period ink or pencil captions on the mounts; ca. eleven images are with captions and/or numbers in negative; three photos with the studio copyright “Caney photo” in negative; five images with blind-stamps “Lloyd Artist Natal” on the lower margin; one – with a blind stamp “Symonds & Co. Portsmouth” in the right lower corner. With one loosely inserted albumen photo ca. 12x165 cm or 4 ¾ x 6 ½ in a small printed map of the Natal Colony with period ink notes on recto and verso and eleven watercolour or ink drawings from ca. 175x25 cm 6 ¾ x 9 ¾ in to ca. 11x14 cm 4 ¼ x 5 ½ in. Period style maroon half morocco album with cloth boards; spine with raised bands; both spine and the boards with gilt-tooled decorative borders. Album leaves slightly age-toned one photo with minor losses on the right margin one with a repaired tear on the right margin; a couple of photos mildly faded but overall a very good album of interesting strong photos. Historically significant collection of 37 original albumen studio photos of the British colony of Natal dating back to the period between the First 1880-1881 and Second 1899-1902 Boer Wars. Apparently assembled by a local resident the album includes ten images of Durban: two views of the city taken from the Berea neighbourhood forming a panorama; photos of the original St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on the corner of West and Broad streets opened in 1881 dismantled with the construction of the Emmanuel Cathedral in 1902-1904; West Street general view and a close-up photo of Weslean Methodist Church - built in 1879 demolished in 1969 the Bluff promontory Durban Bay and three bridges over the Umgeni River within Durban boundaries. Five pictures of the colonial capital of Pietermaritzburg include two general views taken from Fort Napier and “Mt. side of Town Hill” and closer views of Church Street Longmarket/Langalibalele Street with the original building of the Natal Society Library built in 1878 replaced in 1929 and a “bathing pool with park at back.” Other interesting images show Howick Falls on the Umgeni River “Bridge at the Umgeni Falls at Howick just before the Falls” Umkomas/uMkhomazi River a railway hotel in Verulam Pinetown Weston and Mooi River “the spot where Genl. Colley Fell” memorial at the Battle of Majuba Hill on February 27 1881 the final and decisive battle of the First Boer War “transport waggons Maritzburg in distance” a scene of a public celebration with a large crowd of British spectators and mounted policemen a British military camp an oxen wagon train “on track” and four group portraits of Zulu men and women. The largest photo mounted on the last leaf is a picture of HMS Minotaur 1863 at anchor in Portsmouth taken by the local studio of “Symonds & Co.” The album also contains a loosely inserted albumen photo possibly a portrait of the compiler and eleven watercolour or ink drawings with five related to South Africa. The latter ones depict the exterior and interior of the artist’s residence ink notes on recto and verso provide details one drawing is dated 1883 two views of “Kai ka mina my house” a manuscript note to one reads “taken from hill at back nearly as high as house. Distance – about ¼ mile the foliage in foreground represents commencement of a fine avenue of young syrinjas syringas” and a view of a kraal at “Plas-Davies the road to Howick.” A small map of the Natal Colony contains period ink markings of “Wt. fall” and “Stuartstown” and a spot marked by a crossed circle; an ink note on the verso explains: “… is somewhere in circle given but I think the map is full of errors in regard to mountains & inland streams. A trigonometrical survey is being taken & we shall presently have a reliable map of Natal but meanwhile map makers content themselves with approximating the positions of a few big rivers & aesthetically shading off the rest of the country into hills & dales.” Overall an interesting collection of rare early original photos and annotated drawings of the Natal Colony. A list of captions: R.C. Church Durban; Durban taken from the Berea additional caption in negative “Durban No. 4”; The Bluff Durban; Durban from the Berea; On treck; Bush additional caption in negative “Coast foliage Natal No. 52”; P.M. from Fort Napier; The Inchanga additional caption in negative “Hill top Richmond No. 25”; Umgeni Falls at Howick additional caption in negative “Umgeni Falls Caney photo No. 37”; Zulus; Church St. P. Maritzburg; Bathing pool with park at back P. Maritzburg; Natal Society Reading room Long Market Street P. Maritzburg; Howick Falls additional caption in negative “Umgeni Falls Caney photo No. 4”; Bridge at the Umgeni Falls at Howick just before the Falls additional caption in negative “Howick Caney photo No. 51”; Durban Bay; West Street Durban; Railway bridge over Umgeni near mouth Durban side; Bridge over Umgeni a little nearer mouth additional caption in negative “Umgeni <…> No. 50”; Umgeni with foot bridge taken before railway bridge was built which would be seen behind if there; Hotel Verulam; Transport waggons Maritzburg in distance; Kafir Intombi girls; West Street Durban; Kafirs additional caption in negative “Caney photo”; Upper Umkomas; Lower Umkomas near lower drift additional caption in negative “Umkomas No 28”; Pine town near Durban; The spot where General Colley fell; Road opposite P. M. Burg Weston Mooi River; P.M. Burg from Mt. side of Town Hill additional caption in negative “P.M. Burg”. hardcover

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