A commando escorting the leader of the party, Hendrik Verwoerd, to the 50th anniversary of the National Party, De Wildt, Transvaal
Photograph
10/1964 (photographed)
10/1964 (photographed)
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A black and white photograph of a group of man on horseback standing in formation. The foreground of the picture shows three horsemen in a row, all wearing hats and ties.
Object details
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| Title | A commando escorting the leader of the party, Hendrik Verwoerd, to the 50th anniversary of the National Party, De Wildt, Transvaal (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | 'A commando escorting the leader of the party, Hendrik Verwoerd, to the 50th anniversary of the National Party, De Wildt, Transvaal', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, October 1964. |
| Physical description | A black and white photograph of a group of man on horseback standing in formation. The foreground of the picture shows three horsemen in a row, all wearing hats and ties. |
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| Production | Title as appears on verso of E.11-1992 which is a duplicate. This title slightly differs from the one on the verso and the one published by the Michael Stevenson gallery, where the work is entitled: 'The commando of National Party supporters that escorted the late Dr Hendrik Verwoerd to the party's 50th anniversary celebrations, De Wildt, Transvaal (North-West Province), October 1964'. The expanded caption by the gallery gives this additional information: 'The middle horseman in the front rank is Leon Wessels, who later became Deputy Minister of Law and Order in the National Party Government. He was also the first senior member of that party to apologise for apartheid'. |
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| Associated object | E.11-1992 (Duplicate) |
| Bibliographic reference | Goldblatt, David. Some Afrikaners Revisited. Roggebaai, South Africa: Umuzi, 2007. |
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| Accession number | PH.59-1987 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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