Cetshwayo ka Mpande, King of the Zulu (1826-84) c.1880

Albumen print on card | 16.5 x 11 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2915346

Crewes: Adderley & Hunt Street, Cape Town, South Africa

Description

Photographic portrait of Cetshwayo ka Mpande, King of the Zulu, taken at Oude-Moulen, South Africa: seated, dressed in European clothes and a hat with a tassel. Photographer's blind stamp at bottom left of image.

This photograph was presumably taken when Cetshwayo was in exile following his defeat in the Anglo-Zulu war of July 1879. The King was exiled first to Cape Town and then, in August 1882, to London.
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Creator(s)

Search the collection Crewes: Adderley & Hunt Street, Cape Town, South Africa
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Search the collection Marion & Co. : London
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Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Albumen print on card

albumen print

Measurements

16.5 x 11 cm (whole object)
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Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
photographs

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