Reference code
ZA UCT BC151_2008 Addition_I_IB_74
Title
Bleek, Wilhelm
Date(s)
- 1854-1855 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Oval studio portrait, sepia. Portrait oval: 4⅛ x 3¼ inches.
Photographer’s imprint on back below a gartered royal coat of arms:
PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
168 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON
(Near the [Clar]enden Hotel.)
Frame 7 x 5¾ inches. Glazed.
Photographer’s imprint on back below a gartered royal coat of arms:
PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
168 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON
(Near the [Clar]enden Hotel.)
Frame 7 x 5¾ inches. Glazed.
Name of creator
(1827-1875)
Name of creator
(1834-1914)
Name of creator
(1873-1948)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
Inscribed on back in pencil above the photographer’s imprint: W.H.I. Bleek at the age of 27.
Inscribed in ink below the photograph’s imprint: 1854 or 1855.
The photograph is mounted behind a white paper mat pasted onto the cardboard mount. The mat has a center oval
aperture surrounded by a fine gold line. Glass is taped to the cardboard to form a fitted frame. A small metal ring is
inserted in the top of the frame from which to hang it.
Most of the original glazing is intact but there is a piece missing after the glass was been broken in transit to the
USA after Scott’s death in 1998.
This studio portrait is believed to be the only copy in existence.
Inscribed in ink below the photograph’s imprint: 1854 or 1855.
The photograph is mounted behind a white paper mat pasted onto the cardboard mount. The mat has a center oval
aperture surrounded by a fine gold line. Glass is taped to the cardboard to form a fitted frame. A small metal ring is
inserted in the top of the frame from which to hang it.
Most of the original glazing is intact but there is a piece missing after the glass was been broken in transit to the
USA after Scott’s death in 1998.
This studio portrait is believed to be the only copy in existence.