Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1860 - 1877 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Fondo
Volumen y soporte
Single bound volume
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
James Humphreys, the son of a Rand Pioneer, was a Consulting Mining Engineer and Director of Companies, as well as collector of Africana.
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
The album is stamped "The James Humphreys Collection".
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
The Album is labelled "Visit of Princ (sic) Albert to Cape Town".
Album relating mainly to the visit of Prince Alfred to Cape Town in 1867, compiled by a naval officer, probably one of the Prince's entourage. Some of the photographs were taken by the Prince himself. They include a croquet party in Government Gardens, arrival of H.M.S. 'Galatea' and H.M.S. 'Racoon' in Simon's Bay, Admiralty House and Cottage, Simon's Town and many Cape social personalities. Also photographs of European royalty, naval officers, royal navy ships and various ports of call. It also contains a few loose notes and descriptions of some of the photographs.