Cecil Rhodes, British-born South African, financier, statesman and empire builder, 1891. Artist: Spy

Cecil Rhodes, British-born South African, financier, statesman and empire builder, 1891. Artist: Spy

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Cecil Rhodes, British-born South African, financier, statesman and empire builder, 1891. Rhodes (1853-1902) 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. The Cape, cartoon for Vanity Fair, 1891.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Sir Leslie Matthew Ward, attributed to: British: Illustrator for Vanity Fair, artist, painter, caricaturist
Subject
  1. Cecil Rhodes: British: Imperialist

Medium
  1. Lithograph

Picture Type
  1. Caricature
  2. Portrait

Category Hierarchy

Artistic Representations Portraits

Artistic Representations Caricatures

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Society & Culture Wealth & Poverty

History & Politics Politics Politicians


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2475x4252
File Size : 30,832kb


Aliases

  1. 001594
  1. 001594
  1. 0390004038
  1. 1-157-249
  1. 1157249
  1. 4038

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