Grave of Cecil Rhodes, British businessman and politician in Africa, Southern Rhodesia, 1924 (1927). Artist: Thomas A Glover

Grave of Cecil Rhodes, British businessman and politician in Africa, Southern Rhodesia, 1924 (1927). Artist: Thomas A Glover

2-547-008 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Grave of Cecil Rhodes, British businessman and politician in Africa, Southern Rhodesia, 1924 (1927). A print from Cape to Cairo, by Stella Court Treatt, George G Harrap & Company Ltd, 1927. The book was an account of the first successful journey by motor vehicle from Cape Town to Cairo, accomplished by Stella Court Treatt and her husband, Major Chaplin Court Treatt, in 1924-1926. They are shown visiting the grave of Rhodes, who was an enthusiastic supporter of the notion of a permanent overland route traversing Africa from north to south, although he favoured a railway over a road.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Thomas A Glover, attributed to: Canadian: Photographer
Subject
  1. Chaplin Court Treatt: British: soldier, explorer, motoring pioneer, film maker
  2. Stella Court Treatt: British: film maker, author
People Related
  1. Stella Court Treatt: British: film maker, author
  2. Cecil Rhodes: British: Imperialist

Medium
  1. Photograph

Geographic Hierarchy

World Africa Rhodesia

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World Africa Zimbabwe

  1. 19 00 00 S , 029 00 00 E

Category Hierarchy

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3460x5020
File Size : 16,963kb


Aliases

  1. 0580025696
  1. 2-547-008
  1. 2547008

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