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 106 Collections and/or Records:
King William's Town, Eastern Province, 1888
190 x 124 mm. A general view from a neighbouring hill looking over King William's Town on the Buffalo River.
Knysna Lakes, 1888
191 x 126 mm. Showing one of the lakes near Knysna, surrounded by cliffs and hills.
Knysna, Western Province, 1888
192 x 127 mm. A general view looking over the houses of Kynsna towards the lagoon and the sea beyond Kynsna Heads.
Little Hell, Elandsberg, road to Barberton, 1888
191 x 126 mm. Showing a trap drawn by a team of horses on the Barberton Road.
Little Paradise, Wynberg, near Cape Town, 1888
193 x 127 mm. A view looking along a tree-lined road at Wynberg near Cape Town, with Devil's Peak in the background.
Lovers' Walk, Pretoria, 1888
191 x 125 mm. Showing a pony trap on a tree-lined path with a stream in the foreground.
Main Street, Port Elizabeth, 1888
190 x 124 mm. A view looking along Main Street, lined with commercial premises and with oxcarts standing along its length, towards Market Square and the Town Hall.
Meiring's Poort, Western Province, 1888
188 x 126 mm. A view looking along the track leading into the rocky pass through the Swartberg Mountains, with a few figures in the foreground.
Moodies from Union Company's Battery, showing Pioneer United Company, Barberton in distance, 1888
192 x 127 mm. A view looking out over the mine workings on the hillside with the Union Company's stamp battery in the foreground. Barberton, to the east, can just be made out in the distance beyond the spur at the right of the photograph.
Morning market, Johannesburg, 1888
193 x 125 mm. Showing wagons and long spans of oxen in the open market square at Johannesburg.
Morning market, Kimberley, 1888
328 x 233 mm. A view looking down from the upper storey of a building on to the busy scene in the market place below. Long spans of oxen drawing wagons loaded with timber and other produce stand in the foreground while an auction of some kind appears to be taking place in the market square itself. The far side of the square is lined with commercial premises with the buildings of the town beyond.
Ostrich Camp, Baviaan's River, Bedford District, 1888
191 x 126 mm. Showing a group of ostriches in a field near Bedford with a farmer standing to one side.
Ostrich farm, near Graaff Reinet, 1888
190 x 125 mm. Showing a large group of ostriches and a herdsman on horseback.
Palmerston Hotel, Port Elizabeth, 1888
192 x 125 mm. Showing the Palmerston Hotel standing on the corner of Jetty Street in central Port Elizabeth. Beneath the hotel's name is a legend reading 'Established 1839'.
Pilgrims Rest, Lydenberg [Lydenburg] Gold Fields, 1888
175 x 125 mm. Showing a section of the mining town of Pilgrim's Rest.
Port Alfred, Kowie River, Eastern Province, 1888
192 x 128 mm. A general view looking down on to the mouth of the Kowie River at Port Alfred with the man-made lagoon at the left of the print.
Port Elizabeth, from the Jetty, 1888
174 x 113 mm. A view looking back towards the town from the pier, with the lighthouse and the Grey Institute visible on the summit of the hill beyond.
Potchefstroom, Transvaal Republic, 1888
191 x 127 mm. A view looking along an unidentified street in Potchefstroom, with the Royal Hotel in the left foreground.
Public buildings, Queenstown, 1888
191 x 126 mm. A view looking along Cathcart Street towards the Town Hall, completed in the early 1880's. Clocks were not placed in position in the clocktower until 1897, in celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
Queen's Hotel, Kimberley, 1888
190 x 123 mm. Showing the ornate facade of the Queen's Hotel, a brick building with an elaborate wrought ironwork verandah. On the gables, fashioned after Dutch Cape Colonial style, the legend '1881 Queen's Hotel' is carved in relief on inset panels. A group of men pose on the step, with a carriage and a team of horses in the roadway.
Republic Gold Mining Company, De Kaap, 1888
191 x 126 mm. Showing a group of African and European miners posed near mine workings on a steep hillside.
Republic Gold Mining Company's Battery, 1888
191 x 124 mm. A head-on view of the four-stamp battery.
Sheba Hill, showing Oriental Company, Brays' Golden Quarry and Eureka City in the distance, 1888
192 x 127 mm. Showing the mine workings of the various companies on the steep slope of Sheba Hill.
Sheba Reef, Bray's Golden Quarry, 1888
127 x 192 mm. Showing mine workings on the steep hillside of the Sheba Reef.
Sheba Reef Oriental Company, De Kaap, 1888
124 x 192 mm. Showing mine workings on the steep hillside of the Sheba Reef.
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- Collection 1
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- South Africa (nation) 104
- Eastern Cape, Province of (province) 26
- Northern Cape, Province of (province) 13
- Western Cape, Province of the (province) 13
- Kimberley (inhabited place) 12
- KwaZulu-Natal, Province of (province) 10
- Mpumalanga (province) 10
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- Barberton (inhabited place) 5
- Cape Town (inhabited place) 5
- Pretoria (inhabited place) 5
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- Johannesburg (inhabited place) 3
- Knysna (inhabited place) 3
- Vaal (river) 3
- Witwatersrand (general region) 3
- Algoabaai (bay) 2
- Durban (inhabited place) 2
- East London (inhabited place) 2
- Free State (province) 2
- Graaff-Reinet (inhabited place) 2
- North-West, Province of (province) 2
- Potchefstroom (inhabited place) 2
- Umzinto (inhabited place) 2
- Valley of Desolation National Monument (monument) 2
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- Bloemfontein (inhabited place) 1
- Cape of Good Hope (general region) 1
- Cradock (inhabited place) 1
- Eastern (province) 1
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- Ferreira (inhabited place) 1
- Gamtoos (river) 1
- George (inhabited place) 1
- Grahamstown (inhabited place) 1
- Great Fish River (river) 1
- Griqualand West (general region) 1
- Keerom River (river) 1
- King William's Town (inhabited place) 1
- Mgeni (river) 1
- Pietermaritzburg (inhabited place) 1
- Pilgrim's Rest (inhabited place) 1
- Port Alfred (inhabited place) 1
- Queenstown (inhabited place) 1
- Saint Francis Bay (bay) 1
- Simonstad (inhabited place) 1
- Somerset East (inhabited place) 1
- Uitenhage (inhabited place) 1
- Umkomaas (river) 1
- Wynberg (inhabited place) 1 + ∧ less