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Selling water in Market Square, The Pump scene

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George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935), Greaves, Duncan (photographer), and l'Ons, Frederick Timpson (1802 - 1887), “Selling water in Market Square, The Pump scene”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/6097

Title: Selling water in Market Square, The Pump scene
Description: This painting by Frederick I’Ons is sometimes called ‘The Pump scene’, and shows the well which used to be sited at the junction of High and Bathurst Street – not Market Square as mentioned in the title. The double storey building in the background made way for the Commemoration Church in later years.
Subject: Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Pictorial works
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017952
Creator: George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935); Greaves, Duncan (photographer); l'Ons, Frederick Timpson (1802 - 1887)
Type: Still Image
Provenance: Bestowed to Rhodes University by Sir George Cory
Location - Physical Location: Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.
Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator: MS 10 542; CD 55
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
Alternative Title: The Pump scene

Item sets: Sir George Cory Lantern Slide Collection; Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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