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G.E Cory standing inside ruins of Fort Wiltshire (sic)

Item

George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935) and Greaves, Duncan (photographer), “G.E Cory standing inside ruins of Fort Wiltshire (sic)”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/6273

Title

G.E Cory standing inside ruins of Fort Wiltshire (sic)

Description

Fort Willshire was built by the Royal Engineers under Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Willshire of the 38th Regiment, on the orders of Lord Charles Somerset, in 1819.

Subject

Fort Willshire -- Alice (South Africa) -- Pictorial works

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018042

Creator

George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935)

Greaves, Duncan (photographer)

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

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Item sets

Sir George Cory Lantern Slide Collection

The Frontier Wars

Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Media

vital_14118+SOURCEJPEG+SOURCEJPEG.0.jpeg

Hierarchies

The Frontier Collection

• The 1820-Settlers (32 items)
• The Frontier Wars (92 items)
• The Development of Settler Towns (468 items)
  • Alice (40 items)
  • Bathurst (16 items)
  • Bedford (3 items)
  • Cathcart (5 items)
  • Cradock (200 items)
  • East London (22 items)
  • Grahamstown (91 items)
  • King William's Town (32 items)
  • Port Alfred (19 items)
  • Port Elizabeth (34 items)
  • Queenstown (6 items)

George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935) and Greaves, Duncan (photographer), “G.E Cory standing inside ruins of Fort Wiltshire (sic)”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/6273