Description: |
The collection consists of thirty-six platinum prints of the second Boer War by the English photographer Reinhold Thiele, photographer for 'The Graphic, London,' and one gelatin silver print attributed by Gernsheim to Thiele. Titles are as follows:
964:3381:0001 -- Commandeering Goats, Bloemfontein, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0002 -- ‘Joe Chamberlain’ firing during the barrage of Magersfontein, January 12, 1899;
964:3381:0003 -- Wounded waiting to be dressed, Paardeburg Field Hospital, ca. 1900;
964:3381:0004 -- The Boer Ward, Wynberg General Hospital, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0005 -- In the Boer Hospital, Jacobsdal, ca. 1900;
964:3381:0006 -- H.M.S. Monarch, men in trenches, Magersfontein, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0007 -- Headquarters of R.A., Col. Hall & Staff, Modder River, January 1, 1901;
964:3381:0008 Koodoes Rand Drift, Showing Boer Laager, Paardeburg, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0009 -- Evacuated Boer dwelling, Modder River, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0010 -- The effects of a shrapnel, Klipdrift, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0011 -- Wounded British soldiers in Waggon House, Klipdrift, January 1, 1900;
964:3381:0012 -- The Dig-outs where 3 officers and 8 men (British prisoners) were kept by Boers, Paardeburg, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0013 -- Lord Roberts and staff at breakfast, Majuba Day, 1900;
964:3381:0014 -- Arrival of Welsh Fusiliers at Bloemfontein, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0015 -- The famous White House at Modder, where 41 Boers were killed, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0016 -- Infantry and 82nd W. Battery crossing to Modder at Paardeburg to out flank enemy, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0017 -- Boer shelters at Magersfontein, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0018 -- The Guards crossing the Modder, Magersfontein, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0019 -- Picket of 9th Lancers fighting enemy at Magersfontein, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0020 -- Major General Pole Carew, Major Bulfer , Lt. Montague, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0021 -- Distributing the Queen's chocolate at Wynberg General Hospital, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0022 -- Picket of Norfolk Regiment, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0023 -- Modder River Bridge, showing deviation built by RE, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0024 Dongas used as trenches by Boers at Paardeburg, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0025 -- Canadians occupying Kopje at Sunnyside, January 1, 1900;
964:3381:0026 -- View of Bloemfontein from the fort, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0027 -- The Valley of Death, Magersfontein, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0028 -- The graves of General Wanchope, Officers and men who fell at Magersfontein, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0029 -- Boer trenches, showing barbed wire fencing, Magersfontein, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0030 -- The Crown Royal Hotel, formerly Headquarters of De la Rey and afterwords Lord Methuen, Modder River, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0031 -- Naval Brigade in camps at Bloemfontein,ca. 1900;
964:3381:0032 -- Majuba Day, General Piet Cronje in charge of Captain Watermeyer, Lord Stanley and staff officers, February 1, 1900;
964:3381:0033 -- 1st Welsh in Bivouak, Bloemfontein, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0034 -- Looting the Boer Laager, Paardeburg, 1899-1902;
964:3381:0035 -- Bringing Cronje's messenger into camp, Modder River, March 17, 1900;
964:3381:0036 -- A picket (9th Lancers) before Magersfontein, 1899-1902;
964:3382:0001 -- General Chr. De Wet addressing Burghers in Potchefstroom, August 27, 1900. |
