From: Joyce van der Riet (29 April 1932)

From: Joyce van der Riet (29 April 1932)

Correspondence

A letter from Joyce van der Riet to Dorothea Bleek, from Grahamstown on 29 April 1932, concerning the copying of Bushman paintings in the region. Joyce van der Riet confirms the date of their copying trip to Oudtshoorn and their intention to return via Humansdorp. She is sending Dorothea two sets of copies made near Grahamstown at farms called Mountain Top and Blaauwkrantz Drift. Van der Riet comments on the unusual contents of the set from Mountain Top and reports information given by the farmer. Mr Hewitt is taking them to Alicedale and Salem to copy there. She has heard of even more caves with good paintings but will ask Hewitt before copying them. She sends a sketch and photographs of sites mentioned in this letter.

29 April 1932

Joyce van der Riet (her letter to Dorothea Bleek), 29 April 1932 (copying rock paintings for Dorothea Bleek near Grahamstown), Alicedale to copy, Dorothea Bleek (van der Riet sisters copying rock paintings for near Grahamstown), 29 April 1932, letter (from J van der Riet to Dorothea Bleek), 29 April 1932 (from J van der Riet to Mrs North confirming Oudtshoorn trip date), Bushman paintings (copied by van der Riets in Grahamstown area for Dorothea Bleek), Oudtshoorn, Alicedale and Salem (on asking local people about - near Humansdorp), Alicedale to copy (in J van der Riet's letter to Dorothea Bleek), 29 April 1932, John Hewitt (at Albany Museum), Grahamstown (taking van der Riets to Salem), Alicedale locations (J van der Riet will ask his opinion about any new caves before copying), 29 April 1932, farms (and farmers), 29 April 1932