Boer War: two aristocratic ladies in the grounds of a large house used as a military hospital at Rondebosch, South Africa. Halftone, c. 1900, after Duffus Brothers.
- Duffus Brothers (1900)
- Date:
- 1900
- Reference:
- 23525i
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Publication/Creation
1900
Physical description
1 print : halftone ; image 15.6 x 23 cm
Contributors
Lettering
"Peace": in the grounds of Groote Schur ... our photograph is by Duffus Brothers, Cape Town
Lettering continues: "Mr. Rhodes has lent his house, Groote Schuur, at Rondebosch, near Cape Town, as a hospital for wounded officers. our illustration of the ladies on the steps are Lady Edward Cecil and Lady Charles Bentinck, both of whose husbands are in Mafeking and have been wounded"
Reference
Wellcome Collection 23525i
Type/Technique
Languages
Subjects
- Military hospitals
- Gardens
- Stairs
- Quietude
- Army spouses
- Upper class
- South African War, 1899-1902
- South African War, 1899-1902Hospitals
- South Africa
- Rhodes, Cecil, 1853-1902Homes and haunts.
- Cecil, Violet Georgina, Lady Edward Cecil, active 1894.
- Bentinck, Mary Cornelia, Lady Charles Bentinck, -1912.
- Groote Schuur (Cape Town, South Africa)
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores