L3.200 Bleek, D.F. [1929?]

L3.200 Bleek, D.F. [1929?]

Photographs and Portraits

1929

Studio portrait. Sepia. Head and shoulders, Bleek facing to the right of the photograph. Photographer: Navana, 518 Oxford St., Marble Arch, W.1., 171 Kensington High St., W.8. Sepia photograph 5¾ x 4" mounted on deckle-edged card with the Navana's signature printed at an angle to the right below the photograph. The photographer's address is engraved on the bottom left of the card. Mounted in a matching card folder bearing a gilt, blue and black label with Navana's logo and the words "A Portrait by Navana,. London, W.1." Folder 11 x 8 inches.

In this portrait Bleek has had her hair shingled. In 1929 she visited London to see through the press copies of G.W. Stow's original drawing of Bushman rock paintings. She was then 56 and the portrait shows her greater maturity. It is an excellent likeness.