{"id":25491,"date":"2023-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/dev-en\/antiek\/uncategorized\/cape-town-victoria-and-alfred-waterfront-1874\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:39:39","slug":"cape-town-victoria-and-alfred-waterfront-1874","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/city-views\/foreign-city-views\/cape-town-victoria-and-alfred-waterfront-1874\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront &#8211; Hanhart, 1874"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LEPORELLO OF THE VICTORIA AND ALFRED WATERFRONT, CAPE TOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Table Bay Breakwater and Cape Town Docks<\/strong>\u201d, lithograph made in <strong>1874<\/strong> by <strong>Messrs. Hanhart<\/strong> of London, after a photograph taken by Mr. Moore of Cape Town, for the Table Bay Harbour Board. Coloured by a later hand. Size: 16 x 130 cm.<\/p>\n<p>The Table Bay <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breakwater_(structure)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breakwater<\/a> was constructed between 1872 and 1914 to provide protection for ships entering Table Bay. The Cape Town Docks, also known as Victoria &amp; Alfred Waterfront was named after <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen_Victoria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Victoria<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfred,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Alfred<\/a> to commemorate their visit to the city in the late 1800s.<\/p>\n<p>The view shows the entrance and inner basin, with the mail <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Packet_boat#Mail_steamer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">packet boats<\/a> lying at their usual berths, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Union-Castle_Line#Predecessor_lines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Union Company<\/a>&#8216;s steamer \u201cNyanza\u201d at the East Quay, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bandcstaffregister.com\/page706.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Currie<\/a> &amp; Co&#8217;s steam-ship \u201cWindsor Castle\u201d, with the coasting steamer Florence alongside, at the North Quay. The excavations for the Graving Dock in progress, are noticeable at the left corner of the picture. (Cape Town\u2019s Graving Dock would become one of the largest dry docks in the southern hemisphere.) On the right there\u2019s the Devil\u2019s Peek and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Table_Mountain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Table Mountain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cape Town in those days was a rapidly growing port city and the capital of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Colony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cape Colony<\/a>, then a British colony. During this period, Cape Town was undergoing significant expansion and modernization, with new infrastructure being built to support the city&#8217;s growing population and economy. The port was a major hub for trade, connecting southern Africa to the rest of the world, and the city was home to a diverse population of Europeans, enslaved Africans, and indigenous peoples. The city was seen as a center of culture, innovation, and opportunity, attracting immigrants and entrepreneurs from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Price: Euro 575,-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEPORELLO OF THE VICTORIA AND ALFRED WATERFRONT, CAPE TOWN \u201cTable Bay Breakwater and Cape Town Docks\u201d, lithograph made in 1874 by Messrs. Hanhart of London, after a photograph taken by Mr. Moore of Cape Town, for the Table Bay Harbour Board. Coloured by a later hand. Size: 16 x 130 cm. 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