Duffus Bros (fl. 1880-1899) (photographers)
Dates
- Existence: fl. 1880 - 1899
Biography
Duffus Bros (Jack and W.) had a studio in Joubert Street, Johannesburg circa 1891 to 1899. In 1893 the firm appears to have been active in Potchefstroom. Circa 1889 Jack Duffus was the official photographer for the London 'Sphere' and had a 'Royal Appointment' (Bensusan 1963, p.231). The firm also had a studio at Burlington House, Pritchard Street, Johannesburg.
Sources:
Bensusan, A.D. (1963), '19th century photographers in South Africa'. 'Africana notes and news'. Volume 15, number 6, pp.219-252.
National Portrait Gallery (200?) 'Photographers represented in the National Portrait Gallery's collections [Internet]'. London: National Portrait Gallery. Available from: http://www.npg.org.uk/live/photosd.asp [Accessed 19th March 2004].
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Kate S. Jennings, 1890 - 1910
Showing Kate Jennings, the mother of gold mining engineer Hennen Jennings, seated with an unidentified child.
Major (later Lieut. Col. A.O.L. Kindersley, 1890 - 1910
A half length portrait of Archibald O.L. Kindersley (1869-1955) in military uniform. He served in the West African Brass River Expedition 1895; the South African War 1900-02; as Honarary attaché to the British Embassy in Tokyo 1911-13; and in the First World War 1914-19 (Salonika 1916-19); probably around the turn of the century he was employed in the Department of Native Affairs, Johannesburg.)
Mrs. Perkins, Johannesburg, S.A., 1890 - 1910
A head and shoulders cabinet portrait of the wife of an American gold mining engineer.