Title(s)

Natal; a history and description of the colony (title on object)

Object type

• book

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-405

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘With the Publishers Compt.’

Artist

• Henry Brooks (mentioned on object)
• Robert James Mann (mentioned on object)
• publisher: L. Reeve & Co. (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1876

Material

• paper
• linen (material)
• cardboard
• photographic support

Technique

printing / albumen print / lithography / color lithography

Measurements

height 230 mm × width 149 mm × thickness 36 mm

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Parts

• Sandstone wall from the shoulder of Pietermaritzburg, table mountain (RP-F-2001-7-405-1)
• Mines at the diamond fields on the Vaal river (RP-F-2001-7-405-2)
• Valley of the Umgeni from Table Mountain (RP-F-2001-7-405-3)
• Lower falls of the Umgeni (RP-F-2001-7-405-4)
• Great fall of the Umgeni at Howick (RP-F-2001-7-405-5)
• Langalibalele, chief of the Amahlubi kaffirs (RP-F-2001-7-405-6)
• Mission station on the hills near the township of Verulam (RP-F-2001-7-405-7)
• Kranzkop, overlooking the Tugela valley (RP-F-2001-7-405-8)