National Army Museum

Office of Ex-President Steyn, in the Presidency - the desk used afterwards by Lord Roberts - Bloemfontein, S.A.

photograph, stereoscopic, photograph

Accession Number

NAM.1998-01-135-31

Description

Stereoscopic card captioned: Office of Ex-President Steyn, in the Presidency - the desk used afterwards by Lord Roberts - Bloemfontein, S.A. From a box of 89 stereoscopic cards entitled, ‘South African War through the Stereoscope Pt 2 Vol 1'. Published by Underwood and Underwood and produced by Works and Sun Sculpture Studios, 1901 (c). Caption is translated in French, German, Spanish, Russian on the back of the card. Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902).

Campaigns

Boer War (1899-1902)

People

Sir Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl ROBERTS VC KG KP GCB OM GCSI GCIE VD PC FRSGS, (1832-1914)

Steyn

Underwood and Underwood

Works and Sun Sculpture Studios

Inscriptions

Inscribed on the front of the card: ‘Office of Ex-President Steyn, in the Presidency-the desk used afterwards by Lord Roberts / -Bloemfontein, S. A. Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood.’ Inscribed to the left of the card: ‘Underwood & Underwood, Publishers / New York. London. Toronto-Canada. Ottawa-Kansas.’ Inscribed to the right of the card: ‘Works and SUN SCULPTURE TRADE MARK Studios / Arlington. R. J. Littleton. R. H. Washington. D. C.’

Associated collection