L1.89 Bleek, Jemima, and Dorothea Frances Bleek. May 22nd 1873
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Title
L1.89 Bleek, Jemima, and Dorothea Frances Bleek. May 22nd 1873
Collection
Photographs and Portraits
Date
1873
Description
Cabinet print. Oval portrait of Jemima Bleek, seated, holding Dorothea at less than a month old, wearing what appears to be a christening robe. Imprint on front: S.B. Barnard. Cape Town. Bleek 1872 Album.
Notes
Inscribed on back in ink: "Dorothea Frances Bleek as taken with her mother at Mowbray 22 May 1873 on her first birthday 26 April 1874 given to her by her father." Photographer's logo is palette and easel with Barnard's signature printed below the logo.
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