Harris, Robert, fl. 1880-1899 (photographer)
Dates
- Existence: fl. 1880 - 1894
Biography
Robert Harris was a commercial photographer active in South Africa. He had a studio at Donkin Street, Port Elizabeth, 1880-1890 (Bensusan 1963, p.236). He exhibited photographs at the Port Elizabeth Exhibition 1885 and the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886. From 1891 to 1894 Harris was in partnership with Thomas McKnaught (Bensusan 1963, p.236). Harris produced a number of photographically illustrated books.
Publications:
Cowan, Charles (1882), 'Southampton to South Africa'. [Contains photographs by Harris]
Harris, R. (c. 1876), 'Photographic views of Port Elizabeth and neighbourhood'.
Harris, R. (188?), 'Photographic album of South African scenery'.
Harris, R. (1888), 'South Africa illustrated'.
Sources:
Bensusan, A.D. (1963), '19th century photographers in South Africa'. 'Africana notes and news'. Volume 15, number 6, pp.219-252.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Group of coolies, Umzinto [historic title], 1888
190 x 124 mm. A group portrait of South Asian labourers and their families taken at the sugar mining centre of Umzinto.
Sugar mill and plantation, Umzinto, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal], 1888
192 x 124 mm. A view from a neighbouring hillside looking down on the sugar mill buildings, with cultivated land beyond and the manager's bungalow on the hillside in the background.
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