Image: Rhodes home QE1 137
Description: "A TYPICAL SOUTH AFRICAN RESIDENCE. Groote Schuur. the country house of the Right Hon. Cecil Rhodes, which is here represented, was unfortunately partially destroyed by fire towards the end of 1896. but the work of rebuilding the mansion was at once undertaken. The residence in its original state has been selected for illustration, as being a fine specimen of the old Dutch style of domestic architecture. Situate at Rondebosch, a few miles out of Capetown, and built chiefly of teak timber, it once belonged to the ancestors of Mr. Hofmeyr. but was enlarged and improved by Mr. Rhodes, who filled it with things of beauty and rare curiosities. It stands in a spacious park containing an uncommonly fine zoological collection, which includes almost every non-carnivorous animal belonging to South Africa, as well as many from other parts of the world."
Title: Rhodes home QE1 137
Credit: The Queen's Empire. Volume 1. Cassell & Co. London
Author: Various photographers for Cassell & Co.
Permission: Public domain works must be out of copyright in both the United States and in the source country of the work in order to be hosted on the Commons. If the work is not a U.S. work, the file must have an additional copyright tag indicating the copyright status in the source country. Note: This tag should not be used for sound recordings.PD-1923Public domain in the United States//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhodes_home_QE1_137.jpg
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No
Image usage
The following page links to this image:
