Cory Library and Historical Archives

Family portrait

Item

Lidbetter, William Walpole, “Family portrait”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/5500

Title

Family portrait

Creator

Lidbetter, William Walpole

Subject

Family -- South Africa -- Cradock -- Photographs

Cradock (South Africa) -- History -- Photographs

Type

still image

Extent

Original: 1 glass negative; 17 cm x 22 cm

Format

Glass negative : Family portrait showing a couple seated on either side of a small table, flanked by two young girls, with a boy and a dog on the floor in front of them. Two older boys, two men and two women are standing behind. This might be the Michau family of Michau & Hofmeyr, Attorneys. The negative is marked ' Michau'. In 1905 there was a firm, Michau & Hofmeyr, Attorneys, in Cradock.

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/56153

Location - Physical Location

Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.

Rights Holder

Lidbetter, William Walpole

Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator

PIC/GN 4604

useGuidelines

In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images apply to the Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za

Item sets

Lidbetter Collection

Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Media

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Hierarchies

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  • Queenstown (6 items)

Lidbetter, William Walpole, “Family portrait”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/5500