A Rare Hand-signed Photograph of Tibbie Steyn

A Rare Hand-signed Photograph of Tibbie Steyn (Boer War Interest)

The iconic photograph of the first lady of the Orange Free State (Oranje Vrij Staat), captured by the Cape Town-based photographer Akkersdyk (Adderley Street), hand-signed in black ink, by Tibbie Steyn.

The photograph (15x20cm) is originally pasted down on the studio's embossed board (16X22cm).

Abstract from Verset en volharding: die lewe van Rachel Isabella (Tibbie) Steyn gedurende die Anglo-Boereoorlog, by E. Truter

'Tibbie [Rachel Isabella] Steyn experienced the vicissitudes of the Anglo-Boer War, fleeing before the victorious British army from one northeastern Free State town to the other. She was captured at the end of July 1900 and was regarded at the first woman in her position to be taken prisoner. Tibbie was interned in Bloemfontein and became an example of the adamant resistance of the Afrikaner woman against British domination. She was elected as one of the worst of a number of irreconcilable women " to be deported from South Africa. The order was, however, rescinded at the last moment, after Kitchener had failed to produce conclusive evidence of any misdemeanours. She tended to her husband during his serious illness in Europe and once back in South Africa, achieved honour in uplifting Afrikaners after the war.'

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