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On the slopes of Table Mountain and Devil's Peak.

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On the slopes of Table Mountain and Devil's Peak.

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152 x 186 mm. Showing an evenly planted section of (?) birch forest, with a figure standing at the base of one of the tall trees as an indication of scale.

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202 x 152 mm. A view looking across conifer covered slopes on Table Mountain.

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87 x 298 mm. A view looking along the steep rock face and scree which connects Table Mountain and the Devil's Peak.

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Designed by Sir Herbert Baker and completed in 1908, it stands on the slopes of Table Mountain.

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85 x 53 mm

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Collection of negatives, contact prints and enlargements. Mann travelled from London, which he left on 20 June 1935, via Egypt to the Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa and the Cameroons to South Africa, arriving in Johannesburg on 31 October. 1-516 are enlargements of Mann's photographs and 517-575 are photographic postcards, chiefly of the Sudan. In addition there is a box containing the original negatives 45 x 45 mm with contact prints, but these have...

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87 x 299 mm. A view looking across from Table Mountain towards the peak of the Lion's Head with the open sea, partially covered by cloud, in the distance. Robben Island can be seen at the right of the print.

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232 x 115 mm. A view from the north looking over the city, with Table Bay at the left, and part of Table Mountain in the background.

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232 x 115 mm. A view from the north looking over the city, with Table Mountain in the background and the Lion's Head at the extreme right.

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A collection of high quality photographs, measuring 210 x 160 mm, mounted on black album sheets. They are uncaptioned but most have been identified from books on the Cape and on South African architecture; 25-31 are almost certainly photographs of Zulu peoples; the remainder are less clearly identified. Photographer unknown.

Scope and Contents 190 x 138 mm. Showing the memorial to Rhodes built by Herbert Baker at the foot of Table Mountain: 'Spread across the rugged slopes of Table Mountain near Cape Town, to which he and Rhodes shared a romantic attachment, the memorial sought to recreate an isolated Greek temple, that of Segesta, on the coast of Sicily. Four stepped platforms, flanked by eight sphinx-like lions, lead up to the temple, which contains in the central niche of the back wall a large head of Rhodes. For the...

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295 x 229 mm. A view from the same position as Y3059A/14, and forming a continuation of it, showing the lower slopes of Devil's Peak with Alex Breda's house in the foreground. The remainder of the caption reads '... Looking north with part of The Flats in the distance, taken from Wynberg Hill (Silver trees in front)...'.

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298 x 93 mm. A view looking northwards down on to the city of Cape Town and Table Bay, with the Devil's Peak appearing more prominently in the foreground.

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298 x 87 mm. A view looking northwards down on to the city of Cape Town and Table Bay, with the Devil's Peak appearing more prominently.

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53 x 80 mm

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85 x 53 mm

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201 x 121 mm. A view looking towards Table Mountain with woodland in the foreground.

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Collection of monochrome postcards

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208 x 155 mm. A view looking towards the eastern side of Table Mountain from Wynberg, SSE of Cape Town and now a suburb of the city. With light woodland and a few scattered farmhouses at the foot of the mountain.

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53 x 80 mm

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53 x 80 mm

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85 x 53 mm

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Collection of negatives, contact prints and enlargements. Mann travelled from London, which he left on 20 June 1935, via Egypt to the Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa and the Cameroons to South Africa, arriving in Johannesburg on 31 October. 1-516 are enlargements of Mann's photographs and 517-575 are photographic postcards, chiefly of the Sudan. In addition there is a box containing the original negatives 45 x 45 mm with contact prints, but these have...