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141 x 89 mm. Showing Captain Campbell, the Provost-Marshall, on horseback with orderlies standing at attention to the right, and two other figures on horseback at the left. The earthworks and fortifications of Fort Royal appear in the background.

Scope and Contents 191 x 195 mm. A view looking up the grassy slope towards the small stone Fort Tullichewan, named after the paternal residence in Scotland of Mrs. Gildea, the Garrison Commandant’s wife. Lookouts and heliographers can be seen silhouetted against the skyline next to the stone blockhouse, while Lieut D’aeth is seated on a chair outside the perimeter stockade of brushwood in the foreground. Fort Tullichewan was situated on the same range of hills to the south of the town as Fort Commeline (see...

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368 x 221 mm. A view from a neighbouring hill looking over the township of Pretoria, with two soldiers standing beside a bell tent in the foreground. The military lines at the western end of the town can be seen in the foreground.

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212 x 294 mm. A head and shoulders portrait of Gezina Kruger (née du Plessis), S.J.P. Kruger's second wife and a cousin of his first. The marriage took place in 1847. The original photograph is signed G. Kruger.

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189 x 140 mm. Showing African labourers loading hay onto wagons, with a cattle-drawn mowing machine in the foreground and armed guards watching the operation. The printed caption on the print itself reads ‘No more forage but plenty of grass for our worn out horses’.

Scope and Contents 190 x 141 mm. A formal studio portrait of the six members of the Headquarter Staff:Back row: Captain M. Churchill; G.Y. Lagden [Sir Godfrey Yeatman Lagden, (1851-1934), Civil Service, GPO 1869-77, Chief Clerk to State Secretary of the Transvaal under British Administration, 1878, Private Secretary to Sir Owen Lanyon 1878-81, and to his successors, Resident Commissioner Basutoland 1893-1901, Commissioner for Native Affairs Transvaal 1901-7]. Middle Row: Lieut Col. Fred. Gildea; Sir...

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206 x 153 mm. Showing the State Buildings or Raadsaal on the southern side of Church Square. The building, a three-storey construction with a central tower on top of which is a statue, occupies the site of the small thatched building which served as the seat of government when the administration moved from Potchefstroom to Pretoria in 1860. After Union n 1910, it became the seat of the Transvaal Provincial Council.

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Landscape format. [? Pretoria].

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Landscape format.

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84 x 108 mm. (oval print). A head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant Colonel George Fredrick Gildea (1831-98), Commander of the Pretoria Garrison. Gildea joined the 69th Foot in 1848 and served as adjutant to the Turkish contingent in the Crimean Campaign 1855-6. He was the Quarter-Master General at Aldershot from 1876-80 and later served in the Sudan Campaign of 1885.

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191 x 125 mm. Showing a pony trap on a tree-lined path with a stream in the foreground.

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191 x 142 mm. A group portrait showing Major Frederick Le Mesurier seated among a group of volunteer officers in front of a sandbagged building in Convent Redoubt.

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Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

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Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

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Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

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200 x 152 mm. Showing the covered buildings (with the Municipal Native Post Office) in Market Square, east of Church Square, with traders and wagon loads of timber in the foreground.

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190 x 120 mm. Showing mounted infantry of the 2nd Battalion of the 21st Regt Royal Scots Fusiliers on parade in Pretoria, with barracks buildings in the background.

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212 x 153 mm. Showing the brick building of the church in Bosnan Street Pretoria, with the large square tower on one corner nearest the camera. A crowd of people can be seen standing outside the church and walking or riding bicycles along the street. The foundation stones for this building and of another church were both laid by General Botha (this church in May 1903), the funds for their construction being paid for by the sale of Church Square to the Government.

Scope and Contents A volume containing albumen prints, most measuring approximately 190 x 140 mm., with captions either on the prints or written beneath in the hand of Charles Du Val. The captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The 'News of the Camp' was published under the editorial partnership of Du Val and Charles William Deeker during the siege of Pretoria. After the war...

Scope and Contents 191 x 142 mm. Showing editorial staff and soldiers gathered in front of the tents and wagons used as offices by the newspaper. Figures identified beneath the print are: Capt. J.Mc.W. Clarke; Mr. Strecker (foreman printed); Mr. Lys (see also Y3055A/19); C.W. Decker (-1912), joint editor of ‘News of the Camp’ and the founder of the earlier ‘Transvaal Argus’; Charles Du Val; a private of the 94th Regiment; the compositors; Mr. Mitchelson; and Mr Goodwill. This print is pasted on to the...

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191 x 141 mm. Showing the men of No. 2 Company of the Pretoria Rifles grouped in front of bell tents in the Convent Redoubt. Capt. J. McW. Clarke, commanding the company, is seated at the right in the front row. The conscripted men of the Pretoria Rifles as a whole totalled 400 under the overall command of Col. Le Mesurier.

Scope and Contents 190 x 140 mm. A group portrait, similar to Y3055A/21, showing members of Nourse’s Horse grouped near the Convent Redoubt. The figure standing in the front row in the centre of the group is presumably Henry Nourse (1857-1942), a soldier mining magnate and keen amateur sportsman. He had helped to raise the Kimberley Light Horse in 1874. He moved to the Transvaal in 1877 after the annexation, became a captain in ‘Ferreira’s Horse’, and saw service in the Sekukunl Campaigns and the Zulu War. He...

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191 x 140 mm. Showing a group of soldiers and volunteer artillerymen seated on the grass round a small field piece on the hills outside Pretoria. In the foreground are seated Lt. Carden (94th Regt.), Lt. Stanwell (2nd Battalion, 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers) and an unidentified flag signaller. The two distant hills keyed ‘A’ and ‘B’ in the picture have not been identified owing to the fading of the caption.

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This photo only shows half as it is symmetrical about the gateway.

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191 x 140 mm. A group portrait of officers and men posed among various calibres of field guns in from the of the stores.