Pedrotti, L, fl. 1902 (photographer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: fl. 1902
Biography
L. Pedrotti had a studio in Bulawayo in the early 1900s. Pedrotti produced a portfolio illustrating the funeral of Cecil John Rhodes in 1902.
Sources:
Typescript copy of 'Index to Photographers'.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Funeral of Cecil John Rhodes, April 1902
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052M
Scope and Contents
An album containing prints measuring approximately 285 x 220 mm. with letterpress captions pasted onto the bottoms of the prints. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. The majority of the prints are signed in the negative. With the album is a booklet containing the order of service, the whole contained in a folder bound in hide. Rhodes died on 26 March 1902 and, after a period of lying in state in Cape Town, the body was transported thence by train to...
Dates:
1902-04
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Views of the Victoria Falls
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052E
Scope and Contents
Collection of loose prints, most measuring approximately 275 x 205 mm., with brief pencilled captions on the reverse. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Numbers 1-5 are platinum prints, distinguishable from silver prints by the delicacy and softness of tonal gradation. This fine process, substituting platinum for silver compounds as the light reactive substance in the paper, died out at around the time of the Great War due to the increase in the price...
Dates:
1903 - 1904
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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- Victoria Falls (waterfall) 1
- Zimbabwe (nation) 1