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Trophies of game shot by me during six weeks, 1908 - 1912

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/26

Scope and Contents

204 x 150 mm. Showing Bell seated among trophies with his A.D.C. Captain Burton seated at the right. The figure seated at the left has not been identified. Although mounted in his scrapbook next to a report of a tour through the Eastern Province in August 1908, this photograph does not appear to relate to that trip, on which Bell wrote 'we saw nothing to shoot ... and the tour, from a sporting point of view, was a failure' (Bell 1908, September 4). The tour which resulted in these trophies was probably that of January 1907 when Bell shot his first elephant (see Bell (1946), pp 149-151, Bell (1907-1909), January 21 1907 and Bell (1907), January 21). This photograph may be the one referred to in Bell (1908), May 4: 'There is a picture of me in The Sketch of April 8th' and in Bell (1908), July 7: 'I received the other day, an enlargement of the photo of myself with my trophies. It is quite an excellent picture and looks splendid'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1908 - 1912

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good condition, apart from slight chemical staining.

Existence and Location of Copies

CN 1709.

Related Materials

For a similar photograph taken on the same occasion but without the two figures seated at either side of Bell see Y3011N/4.

General

SG.

Date information

DateText: The date is approximate..

Originator(s)

Unknown

Finding aid date

2003-05-28 14:41:33+00:00

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Repository Details

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