Title

'The Voor-Trekkers', 1909. Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton.

Caption

'The Voor-Trekkers', 1909. The Voortrekkers mainly consisted of Trekboer pastoralists and Cape Dutch citizens from the Eastern frontier of the Cape Colony who during the 1830s and 1840s left the British controlled Cape. They travelled to the interior of what is now South Africa in what is known as the Great Trek. From Romance of Empire - South Africa by Ian D. Colwin. [T. C. & E. C. Jack , London, 1909]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1909

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D07_128

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

28,5Mb (1,0Mb) / 12,3in x 9,0in / 3704 x 2688 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel transport transportation outdoors animal agriculture people male man men animals South Africa horses horse arts country cattle day book guy journey Netherlands Dutch color colour ox herding location century empire nomad nomads literature nomadic wagon horseback concept covered wagon on the move metaphor oxen 1900s 20th century dust The Print Collector imperialism TGN waggon Cape Colony portrait empire building Great Trek Colvin J R Skelton Skelton JR Skelton J R TC and EC Jack Jack TC and EC Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton Skelton Joseph Ratcliffe Romance of Empire Ian Duncan Colvin Ian Duncan Ian D Colvin Trekboer TC and EC Jack Ian Duncan Colvin portrait