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Hermann, W, fl. 1840-1898 (photographer)

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Dates

  • Existence: fl. 1840 - 1898

Biography

W. Hermann was a commercial photographer in Cape Town. Possibly 'W. Hermann' is Wilhelm Hermann who was born in 1841 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. Wilhelm Hermann trained as an artist. He arrived in Cape Town circa 1869. Circa 1871-72 he returned briefly to Germany, but he returned to the Cape in 1875. He married Chrissie de Villiers and eventually had three daughters. Struggling to make a living as an artist, he turned to photography (W. de L. 1963, pp.188-192). Hermann had a studio at 2 Roeland Street 1880-84 and opposite Government House at Stalplein 1888-94 (Bensusan 1963, p.237). Hermann died in 1916 (W. de L. 1963, p.189).

Sources:

Bensusan, A.D. (1963), '19th century photographers in South Africa'. 'Africana notes and news'. Volume 15, number 6, pp.219-252.

W., L. de (1963), 'Wilhelm Hermann: artist'. 'Africana notes and news'. Volume 15, number 5, pp.188-192.

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Dr G.A. [sic] Atherstone, 1870 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/19
Scope and Contents 53 x 74 mm. (Oval image). A carte de visite head and shoulders studio portrait of the bearded Dr Williams Guybon Atherstone (1814-1898), a physician, geologist, naturalist and early amateur photographer in South Africa. Atherstone came to South Africa with his parents in 1820 and after a period of study at the Uitenhage Academy (1829-1831) he was apprenticed to his father, a physician in Grahamstown and later served as an assistant Staff Surgeon in the Sixth Frontier War 1834-35. The...
Dates: 1870 - 1890
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Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward John Dunn Collection

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