This is lithograph of a drawing made in 1835 by John Herschel. The vantage point is the botanical garden of Baron Carl Ferdinand Heinrich von Ludwig in, what is now, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town. In the distance can be seen the original St. George's Cathedral. A well, purported to be 50 feet deep, is seen to the right and, in the middle distance, the back of Saasveld House.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:John_Herschel" class="extiw" title="w:en:John Herschel"><span title="English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (*1792 – †1871)">John Frederick William Herschel</span></a>
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Cape Landscapes: Sir John Herschel Sketches, 1834-1838 by Brian Warner