At the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, on the Day of the Covenant
Photograph
12/1963 (photographed)
12/1963 (photographed)
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A black and white photograph of a woman in a dotted skirt standing between straw huts. She is turning her back on the beholder. A little girl on the ground in front of her is trying to have a peek inside one of the huts. The scenery is dominated by a stone monument which looms in the background.
Object details
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| Title | At the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, on the Day of the Covenant (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | 'At the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, on the Day of the Covenant', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, 16 December 1963. |
| Physical description | A black and white photograph of a woman in a dotted skirt standing between straw huts. She is turning her back on the beholder. A little girl on the ground in front of her is trying to have a peek inside one of the huts. The scenery is dominated by a stone monument which looms in the background. |
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| Credit line | Gift of David Goldblatt, 1987 |
| Production | Title as appears on verso. This title differs from the one published by the artist's gallery, Michael Stevenson, where the work is entitled: 'Child with a replica of a Zulu hut at the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria (Tshwane), Transvaal (Gauteng), 16 December 1963'. The caption gives additional information: 'This day commemorated the vow taken by the Voortrekkers before the Battle of Blood River, that if God gave them victory over the Zulus, they would always keep this as a day of thanksgiving'. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Goldblatt, David. Some Afrikaners Revisited. Roggebaai, South Africa: Umuzi, 2007. |
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| Accession number | E.9-1992 |
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| Record created | March 17, 2009 |
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