OWLOGRAPHS - A Collection of Cape Celebrities in Caricature (1901) by D. C. Boonzaier

First edition, Cape Times, 1901.

Publisher's illustrated wraps with age-associated wear along the edges.

64pp. Illustrations in profusion with many period adverts. 4to.

'This publication, issued during the South African War, contains caricatures of many prominent men in South Africa, including some of the combatants. Among the best sketches are those of Lord Milner, Sir Gordon Sprigg, the Hon. J. Frost, Sir J. Buchanan, ex-State Secretary Reitz, and the Hon. W. P. Schreiner; those of Kruger, Steyn, De Wet, Botha, Cecil Rhodes, and others are not so successful. There is a curious page entitled "A Clean Shave," which depicts prominent Cape Town politicians divested of their hirsute appendages, with somewhat ludicrous results.' - Mendelssohn Vol.I, page 152

"D.C. Boonzaier is probably one of South Africa's most famous cartoonists/caricaturists and one whose satire was most influential on the political scene during the first quarter of the 20th century." - M. & E. Schoonraad: Companion to South African Cartoonists.

"As a cartoonist Boonzaier's fame is founded on his 'My Caricatures' and 'Rand Faces' and on the political cartoons he did for Die Burger." - DSAB I, p. 95.

Boonzaier's caricatures were greatly influenced by Japanese minimalism. He was the father of the famous Cape impressionist Gregoire Boonzaier.