Picturesque South Africa

Cape Town's Parliament House, the churches of Grahamstown and the scenery of Knysna appear in prints from Picturesque South ...

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Cape Town's Parliament House, the churches of Grahamstown and the scenery of Knysna appear in prints from Picturesque South Africa, a photographic portrait of the country at the end of the Victorian era. The album was published in Cape Town by Dennis Edwards and Co. in 1899, and its images are printed reproductions of photographs rather than individual camera prints. Cape Town's museum and post office lead on to churches and public buildings in Port Elizabeth and Pietermaritzburg, and commercial streets, railway premises, jetties and warehouses show the business of transport and trade. Schools, seminaries and religious buildings reflect the place the album gave to colonial institutions, and Kaaiman's Gat, the Umgeni and the Cape countryside provide the scenery, all under the place names of the day.

Cape Town's Parliament House, the churches of Grahamstown and the scenery of Knysna appear in prints from Picturesque South Africa, a photographic portrait of the country at the end of the Victorian era. The album was published in Cape Town by Dennis Edwards and Co. in 1899, and its images are printed reproductions of photographs rather than individual camera prints. Cape Town's museum and post office lead on to churches and public buildings in Port Elizabeth and Pietermaritzburg, and commercial streets, railway premises, jetties and warehouses show the business of transport and trade. Schools, seminaries and religious buildings reflect the place the album gave to colonial institutions, and Kaaiman's Gat, the Umgeni and the Cape countryside provide the scenery, all under the place names of the day.

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