Title

'Cecil Rhodes', (1853-1902), English-born South African entrepreneur and statesman, 1894-1907. Artist: Alexander Bassano.

Caption

'Cecil Rhodes', (1853-1902), English-born South African entrepreneur and statesman, 1894-1907. Rhodes made his fortune in the Kimberley diamond mines, and formed De Beers Consolidated Mines in 1888. As Managing Director of the British South Africa Company, he administered a territory roughly equivalent to the modern nation of Zimbabwe (previously known as Rhodesia after Rhodes). Rhodes became Prime Minister of the Cape Colony in 1890, but resigned in 1896 when his role in instigating the Jameson Raid into the Transvaal came to light In his will he left funds to found the Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford University for Germans and Americans. From Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1894

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C66_152

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

27,9Mb (884,5Kb) / 9,1in x 11,9in / 2741 x 3562 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people male job man men South Africa politics industry country guy occupation English Zimbabwe mining South African prime minister location century profession company B&W one person diamond mining entrepreneur MONOCHROME politician Managing Director 19th century black & white black and white B W 1900s 20th century Kimberley nineteenth century statesman The Print Collector De Beers imperialism Northern Cape Province Ogden's TGN Cecil Rhodes Cape Colony photograph portrait Rhodes Cecil John Cecil J Rhodes Cecil John Rhodes Alexander Bassano Alex Bassano British South Africa Company Bassano Alexander Bassano Alex Guinea Gold photograph portrait