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| Gender: | Unknown | ||
| Active Dates: | circa 1840 - circa 1898 | ||
| Active Area: |
Africa (continent) South Africa (nation) Western Cape, Province of the (province) Cape Town (inhabited place) |
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| Likenesses: | None found. | ||
| Photographs: | See list of photographs | ||
| Publications: | None found. | ||
| Related Entries: | None found. | ||
| W. Hermann was a commercial photographer in Cape Town. Possibly 'W. Hermann' is Wilhelm Hermann who was born in 1841 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. Wilhelm Hermann trained as an artist. He arrived in Cape Town circa 1869. Circa 1871-72 he returned briefly to Germany, but he returned to the Cape in 1875. He married Chrissie de Villiers and eventually had three daughters. Struggling to make a living as an artist, he turned to photography (W. de L. 1963, pp.188-192). Hermann had a studio at 2 Roeland Street 1880-84 and opposite Government House at Stalplein 1888-94 (Bensusan 1963, p.237). Hermann died in 1916 (W. de L. 1963, p.189). | |||
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