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Sir Herbert Baker Collection: Recent submissions

  • Gable of a building in Stellenbosch 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-10-06)
    Two drawings by Sir Herbert Baker of a gabled Cape Dutch building at the bottom of Kerk Street in Stellenbosch. It was demolished in 1899. The Baroque-style main gable is topped by a pediment.
  • Gables of a building in Stellenbosch 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-10-06)
    Drawing by Sir Herbert Baker of the gables of a Cape Dutch building in Stellenbosch. The gables display convex-concave elements, and one is topped by a pediment.
  • Gable of a building in Stellenbosch 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-10-06)
    Drawing made by Sir Herbert Baker in November 1893 of the gable of a Cape Dutch building in Stellenbosch. The Baroque gable has florid scrolls.
  • Gable of building in Stellenbosch 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-10-06)
    Drawing by Sir Herbert Baker of a gable belonging to a Cape Dutch building in Stellenbosch, erected in 1814. It is in neoclassical style, but has Baroque wings.
  • Gables of Welmoed 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-10-01)
    Drawings by Sir Herbert Baker of various gables at Welmoed, which belonged to the Vanderbyl family. Two of the Cape Dutch gables combine the neoclassical and Baroque styles; the other is in the florid Baroque style.
  • Gable of a building in Stellenbosch 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-10-01)
    Drawing by Sir Herbert Baker of the gable of a Cape Dutch house on Kerk Street in Stellenbosch. Dated 1815, it resembles a pointed apex gable.
  • Letter from Sir Herbert Baker 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-10-01)
    Memorandum by Sir Herbert Baker informing the recipient about changes to the corner stoep plan, which will move the kitchen more to the south (building unknown).
  • Front gable of Meerlust 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-09-29)
    Drawing by Sir Herbert Baker of the front gable at Meerlust, dated 1776. The Cape Dutch gable is of the convex-concave type.
  • Letter to Prof. G. E. Pearse from F. K. Kendall 
    Kendall, Francis Kaye (2008-09-29)
    Letter to Prof. Geoffrey Pearse from F. K. Kendall about Sir Herbert Baker's proposed book. Several projects in Cape Town are mentioned, as well as persons who worked with Baker.
  • Drawings of La Dauphine 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-09-29)
    Drawings by Sir Herbert Baker of La Dauphine, an H-shaped Cape Dutch homestead which belonged to the Malherbe family. At both the front and back are neoclassical gables with Baroque wings and scrolls. On the sides are ...
  • Gable of building in Stellenbosch 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-09-29)
    Drawing by Sir Herbert Baker of a gable of a Cape Dutch building in Stellenbosch, dated 1797 and subsequently demolished. The gable resembles a necked gable with a pediment.
  • Gabled building in Stellenbosch 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-09-29)
    Drawing by Sir Herbert Baker of a gabled Cape Dutch building in Stellenbosch, subsequently demolished. One gable is convex-concave; the other is necked with scrolls. The architect and date are unknown.
  • Drawing of Stellenberg near Cape Town 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-09-29)
    Drawing made by Sir Herbert Baker of Stellenberg, a Cape Dutch homestead near Cape Town. Drawing done on 04 August 1892. The house appears to be thatched and displays a typical necked gable.
  • Gable of a building in Drakenstein 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-09-26)
    Drawing by Sir Herbert Baker of the gable of the Cape Dutch style Delta building in Drakenstein. It resembles a Baroque gable and is topped by a pediment.
  • Watergat, Drakenstein 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-09-26)
    Drawing by Sir Herbert Baker of the Baroque-style gable of a Cape Dutch building at Watergat in Drakenstein. The architect is unknown.
  • Stellenbosch gables 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-09-26)
    Drawing by Sir Herbert Baker of two gables of Cape Dutch buildings in Stellenbosch.
  • Banhoek gable 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-09-26)
    Sketch by Sir Herbert Baker of the gable of a Cape Dutch building at Banhoek, architect and date unknown. The slightly unusual Baroque gable has convex elements.
  • Schoonegezicht cellar 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-09-26)
    Drawing by Sir Herbert Baker of the Cape Dutch cellar at Schoonegezicht in Stellenbosch, dated 1800. It has a typical Baroque gable.
  • Gable of building in Prince Albert 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-09-26)
    Drawing by Sir Herbert Baker of a gable on a Cape Dutch building in Prince Albert. The gable has Baroque scrolls and a pointed apex.
  • Stellenbosch gables 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-09-26)
    Drawings by Sir Herbert Baker of four examples of gables on Cape Dutch buildings in Stellenbosch: convex-concave, pointed apex and Baroque types.