Spion Kop, Natal, South Africa.
Category
Photographs
Date
1900 - 1915
Materials
Card
Measurements
88 x 179 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522032
Summary
A monochrome halftone photomechanical print stereograph of Spion Kop, Natal, South Africa. The 2 images, with rounded upper corners, are mounted on white card, with rounded corners and there is a space of 3mm between them. The view shows featureless terrain, as described Verso. In the foreground a crude gun emplacement has been constructed out of rough rocks. Markings: Recto, printed in black and white on the right hand side, "The "B-P" Series". Verso, printed in black, " (Copyright.) SPION KOP, FROM THE POSITION OF ONE OF THE BOER GUNS, LOOKING SOUTH-EAST. The furthest ridge is Spion Kop; the Tugela river lies in the valley away to the right. W Tylar, Publisher, Birmingham".