Victorian South Africa: A collection of one hundred and forty-nine engravings by Rosenthal, Eric
Victorian South Africa: A collection of one hundred and forty-nine engravings by Rosenthal, Eric
Hardcover, ISBN 9780624007333
Publisher: Tafelberg, Cape Town, South Africa, 1975
Used - Very Good. Excellent work for students of British Empire and Victorian style. 151 pages. DJ has some edge wear and tear but are now protected with a Cellophane cover.
This is a collection of beautiful woodcut engravings primarily made between 1875 and 1895 highlighting the lives of Victorian era South Africa and South Africans.
A small group of artists of the time captured these scenes of a bygone era with pencil and engraving tool and historian and author Eric Rosenthal managed to collect these together in this fascinating book.
Text accompanies the artwork, shedding light on what life was like back then
Eric Rosenthal, (10 July 1905 – 1983) as a South African historian and author. He was born in Newlands, Cape Town. He graduated with a law degree, later becoming a journalist and writer of many corporate histories. He was a member of the Three Wise Men on Springbok Radio’s long-running quiz show, Test the Team. He was competent at sketching and enlivened his books with explanatory drawings.
