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Ref NoMILL/MUG/WBMUG/CHR/F213317
AltRefNoF213317
CollectionWilliam B. Muggeridge Collection of Photographs
Title"Grave of H. M. Stanley the great african explorer Pinbright Surrey in the Parish Churchyard Taken april 5th 1905"
Name of creatorMuggeridge, William Burrell, 1884-1978, photographer and researcher of windmills
Date5.4.1905
Extent1 glass plate negative
1 photograph
1 digital image
DescriptionBlack and white glass plate negative of the gravestone of Explorer Henry Stanley in the graveyard of "St Michael and All Angels" Church, Pirbright, near Woking, Surrey, taken on 5th April 1905.
NotesPrevious reference number: UKC/CHR/MUG/BW/F213317
Previous numbers: 13
Pirbright is now in the Guildford district of Surrey.
Granite headstone inscribed with the words "Henry Morton Stanley, Bula Matari, 1841-1904, Africa". (Bula Matari, or "Breaker of Rocks" in Kikongo, was Stanley's name among Africans in Congo.) It can be translated as a term on endearment, for as the leader
SubjectPhotographs
Cemeteries
Sepulchral monuments
Churches
Memorials--England
PhysicalDescriptionNegative: 85 x 110 mm
Related PlaceSaint Michael and All Angels Church, The Green, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey
CategoryPhotographs
Access conditionsDigital image available via University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives online catalogue. Please note that we do not normally allow users to view the original negatives.
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