General
General
Object Auto ID
66572
Alternate Codes
159344
Common Name
Engraving
Classified Name
Engraving
Local Name
Vue du Cap de Bonne-Esperance et de l'evenement glorieux du brave Staaring expose dans le second voyage d'Afrique de F. Levaillant.; View of the Cape of Good Hope and the glorious event of the brave Staaring
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Shows Table Bay with several ships and Table Mountain and the town in the distance. Smoke is billlowing from the battery on shore to the right. There are two whales in the sea in the foreground.

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Engraving
Distinguishing Features

Table Bay ships Damiaan Staring Dansburg military battery whales

Inscriptions
b.l. N. Ozanne del.; b.r. Y le Gouaz sculp.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted; Image size 300 x 220 mm. Plate size 220 x 307 mm
History
Object Age Comment
1781 on the image, date of publ. 1804
Maker Comment
Le Gouaz, Yves-Marie, 1742-1816, engr. OZANNE, Nicolas Marie, 1728-1811
Collector Comment
Engraving
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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