Views of the Victorian Falls

Collection of loose prints, most measuring approximately 275 x 205 mm., with brief pencilled captions on the reverse. Numbers 1-5 are platinum prints, distinguishable from silver prints by the delicacy and softness of tonal gradation. This fine process, substituting platinum for silver compounds as the light reactive substance in the paper, died out at around the time of the Great War due to the increase in the price of the metal. Number 6 is a bromide print of a later date than numbers 1-5. All photographs are by Pedrotti except number 6, the photographer of which is unknown.

L. Pedrotti had a studio in Bulawayo in the early 1900s. He produced a portfolio illustrating the funeral of Cecil John Rhodes in 1902.

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Includes index.

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche number 140.

Good condition.

This item level description was entered by MJC and WS using information from the original typescript catalogue.

Pedrotti, L, fl 1902, photographer