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Auction #130 begins on 09 Apr 2026

Cabinet Photograph:

CECIL JOHN RHODES (1853-1902) (Signed)

Published: No date (circa 1895)

Reserve: $350

Approximately:

Estimate: $400/450

Bidding opens: 9 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Apr 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Photographic portrait mounted on stiff card, 177 x 109 mm, signed 'Yours truly, C.J. Rhodes' in the bottom right hand corner. Stain down the left hand side.

Published by Russell & Sons, Photographers to H.M. the QUEEN. 17 Baker Street, W2., a prestigious studio of the era, which held a Royal Warrant.

The cabinet card was a style of photograph that was widely used for photographic portraiture after 1870.

Inscribed on the back, 'Cecil Rhodes photo, he gave to Dr Te Water when he was in his cabinet.'

  • Size: 177 x 109 mm


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