The albumen print is mounted on a carte de visite with the label of the studio Crewes & Sons.
Charles F. Crewes, photographer, "watchmaker and jeweler" had set up a photographic studio and shop in Cape Town in 1878.
He had purchased this image to the photographers William and Michael Henry Durney who signed the photograph in the plate.
Cape Town, South Africa, between 1878 and 1882.