Collection of ‘The Cape Lantern’ plates 1877-1879

Incomplete collection of political cartoons published in ‘The Cape Lantern’ weekly newspaper.

The Cape Lantern (The Lantern) was a weekly newspaper published in the Cape Colony between 1877 and c. 1889. Featuring a populist and pro-imperial slant, The Lantern was one of the first South African newspapers to publish political cartoons. For the duration of the paper's existence, it remained dwarfed in popularity by more well-established papers such as the Cape Argus and The Times.

Lithographs printed by Saul Solomon.

Very rare.

Substantially repaired.

260mm x 377mm

R4,500