L1.87 Bleek, Wilhelm and Jemima Bleek, The Hill, Mowbray. November 22nd 1870

L1.87 Bleek, Wilhelm and Jemima Bleek, The Hill, Mowbray. November 22nd 1870

Photographs and Portraits

1870

Sepia photograph, 3⅝ x 4⅜ inches, pasted horizontally onto a vertical cabinet card. 4¼ x 6½ inches. Oakleaf Album.

Dated in ink on back: Novber 22nd 1870. In pencil at top: "Old house, Mowbray." Wilhelm Bleek is standing in front of the Bleek's rented home, The Hill, Mowbray to which the Bleeks moved in November 1869 after their return from overseas. Jemima is seated on the covered verandah. Printed in maroon, in italics within a printed border on the front of the card: "S.B. Barnard, Cape Town." Printed on back in maroon: Photographer's logo: An artist's palette and easel with S.B. Barnard printed below, the whole enclosed in an oval garter containing the words "The Cape Town Photographic Gallery." Surmounted by a crest, what appears to be a mythical beast, rampant. The logo is printed beneath the words: "Under the Patronage of H.M. the Queen, H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, R.W., H.E. The Governor, &c." As you view the logo, "Adderley Street" is printed at the top left of the garter, and "Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope," bottom right of the garter. Below: The Negative is kept. Further copies can be ordered by this No.