R Williams and Company (fl. 1899-1909)
Dates
- Existence: fl. 1899 - 1909
Biography
Robert Williams and Co. was not a commercial photographic firm, but the firm of Robert Williams & Co, Mining Engineers. This firm, headed by Robert Williams (see ODNB entry) was responsible for the mineral prospecting, mining management and labour recruitment for the Tanganyika Concessions Company (from 1899) and the Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga (from 1906).
Sources:
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry for Williams, Sir Robert, baronet (1860-1938) by Simon Katzenellenbogen - accessed online 4 April 2013.
Email from Aldwin Roes to RCS librarian dated 23 June 2010.
Typescript copy of 'Index to Photographers'.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Old man-eating lion killed in Katanga, South-eastern Congo (n.d.)
100 x 75 mm. A view showing a very large man-eating lion killed by members of a prospecting party in Katanga. An African stands beside the body to indicate scale. Photograph by R. Williams and Co.
Wart Hog shot in the Katanga District, south-east Congo (n.d.)
97 x 74 mm. A view showing the body of a large wart hog with long curved tusks, a long mane and black face warts. Photograph by R. Williams and Co.
Wart Hog shot in the Katanga District, south-east Congo (n.d.)
97 x 74 mm. A view showing the body of a large wart hog with long curved tusks, a long mane and black face warts. Photograph by R. Williams and Co.