Reference code
ZA UCT BC151_2008 Addition_I_IB_89
Title
Bleek, Jemima, and Dorothea Frances Bleek
Date(s)
- 1873 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Cabinet print. Oval portrait of Jemima Bleek, seated, holding Dorothea at less than a month old, wearing what appears to be a christening robe. Imprint on front: S.B. Barnard. Cape Town.
Bleek 1872 Album.
Bleek 1872 Album.
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 ink: “Dorothea Frances Bleek as taken with her mother at Mowbray 22 May 1873 on her first birthday 26 April 1874 given to her by her father.” Photographer’s logo is palette and easel with Barnard’s signature printed below the logo.