Browsing Hugh Solomon Pictorial Africana Collection by Title
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Shipwreck at the Cape of Good Hope
Depicting Wolraad Woltemade’s act of heroism, saving drowning people from the ship, Jonge Thomas in Table Bay, 1773. -
Shooting a leopard
Depicting a leopard disemboweling an antelope with hunters aiming at the leopard in the background. -
Shooting the hyaena
Depicting a hyeana devouring a sheep with hunters in the background shooting from a wagon. -
Simon’s Bay from the top of Red Hill Road
Depicts Simon’s Town with ships in the bay. Includes key to 30 important points of interest. -
Simon’s Town (the naval depot) Cape of Good Hope
“Two fishing vessels lie in the foreground; the building just ot the right of the flagstaff is Admiralty House, and the long building to the left was the hospital and magazine” – Thomas Bowler of the Cape of Good Hope by ... -
Sir Henry Loch, G.C.B., G.C.M.G.
Portrait of Sir Henry Loch, Governor of the Cape Colony, 1889-1895. -
South African Army cavalry brigade, composed of the XIIth Royal Lancers, Royal Artillery and CM Riflemen, crossing the Great Orange river, December 1852
Depicting a scene of mounted cavalry crossing the river with a vast landscape in the background. -
The Springbok, or leaping antelope
Group of antelope with calf. Other animals as well as a farmouse in the background. -
St. Salvador, a Portuguese city on the River Lelunda in the Kingdom of Congo in Africa; The manner of travelling, as practiced by the people of Congo in Africa
Two engravings depicting African scenes. -
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Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope
Depicts a rowing boat in the foreground with Table Bay and a larger sailing ship in the background. -
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The troops crossing the Great Fish river in pursuit of Cafirs and cattle, Cape of Good Hope
Depicts a battle scene on the banks of the river with mountains in the background. -
Unloading the mails, Simon’s Town
A mail coach unloading before Admiralty House, Simon’s Town, with Simon’s Bay and the town in the background. -
A view in the Karree mountains with ostriches and quaggas
Herds of quagga and ostriches running over the plains with mountains in the background. -
View of Cape Town from Amsterdam Fort
Depicts two figures, presumably slaves, with Cape Town and Table Mountain in the background. -
View of Cape Town from Amsterdam Fort
Depicts two figures, presumably slaves, with Cape Town and Table Mountain in the background. -
View of Muysenberg and Simons Town
View of Muizenberg and upwards along the coast to Simon’s Town. Descriptive legend supplied. -
View of the Cape of Good Hope
Depicts Table Mountain, several buildings, with two ships in the foreground. -
A view of the Cape of Good Hope, from the road; A plan of the town of the Cape of Good Hope and its environs
Depicts two scenes, firstly, Table Bay with Table Mountain in the background and ships in the foreground. Secondly, a plan of Cape Town showing various buildings and batteries. Legends supplied.