To: Secretary of the National Research Council and Board Beatrice C Eva [?] (08 August 1938)

To: Secretary of the National Research Council and Board Beatrice C Eva [?] (08 August 1938)

Correspondence

A letter from Dorothea Bleek to the Secretary of the National Research Council and Board, Beatrice Eva [?], 8 August 1938, in response to the Board's request for details of the methods used in copying and photographing the rock paintings. Dorothea informs the Board that the van der Riets copied the rock paintings and briefly describes how the copies were executed, having "impressed on them, that I did not want pretty pictures, but accurate copies". She mentions their art training and the fact that their copies were certified as accurate by John Hewitt, Director of the Albany Museum. She also states that they took the photographs.

08 August 1938

letter (from Dorothea Bleek to Secretary of National Research Board), 8 August 1938 (re Dorothea Bleek's grant application for publication of "More Rock Paintings in South Africa"), photographing rock paintings by van der Riets, Dorothea Bleek (her grant application for publishing "More Rock Paintings in South Africa"), photographing rock paintings by van der Riets ("impressed upon" van der Riets "that I did not want pretty pictures), but accurate copies" (her letter to Secretary of National Research Board), 8 August 1938, National Research Council and Board (Dorothea Bleek's grant application to for publishing "More Rock Paintings in South Africa"), photographing rock paintings by van der Riets (letter from Dorothea Bleek to its Secretary), 5 August 1938, More Rock Paintings in South Africa (Dorothea Bleek's grant application for publishing), 8 August 1938, publication (Dorothea Bleek's grant application for - of "More Rock Paintings in South Africa"), 8 August 1938, grant (Dorothea Bleek's - application for publishing "More Rock Paintings in South Africa"), photographing rock paintings for - application (in letter from Dorothea Bleek to Secretary of National Research Board), 5 August 1938, rock paintings (Dorothea Bleek's letter describing methods of copying), photographing - by van der Riets (Dorothea Bleek "impressed upon" van der Riets "that I did not want pretty pictures), but accurate copies" of (in letter from Dorothea Bleek to Secretary of National Research Board), 8 August 1938, John Hewitt (in Dorothea Bleek's letter describing methods of copying), photographing rock paintings by van der Riets (Albany Museum), Grahamstown (compared van der Riets' painting copies with originals), certified as accurate (and Dorothea Bleek's grant application for publishing "More Rock Paintings in South Africa"), 8 August 1938, van der Riet (Joyce and Molly), photographed Bushman paintings for Dorothea Bleek (art school trained), but accurate copies" (Dorothea Bleek's letter describing their methods of copying), photographing rock paintings (in Dorothea Bleek's grant application for publishing "More Rock Paintings in South Africa"), 8 August 1938

1. See letter 17.4 for the National Research Board's request letter of 5 August 1938.