General
General
Object Auto ID
66574
Alternate Codes
230881
Common Name
Lithograph
Classified Name
Local Name
Station on Hottentot's Holland. Sneeuw Kop (5000 feet high). Table Bay in the distance
Quantity
1.00
Object Description
The Parliament Collection:
Shows an astronomical observatory, housed in tents, on the highest point above Bain's Kloof near Wellington .
Provenance
Mendelssohn Bequest 1922
Description
Description
Technique Types
Distinguishing Features
Bainskloof Bain's Kloof Western Cape Mountains astronomy tents
Inscriptions
b.l. in border C.P.S.del. 1845; b.r. indecipherable, b.c. title
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Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted; Image size excluding title on the bottom 160 x 220 mm. Visible image 112 x 183 mm.
History
History
Object Age Comment
1845
Maker Comment
SMYTH, Charles Piazzi, 1819-1900
Collector Comment
Lithograph
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Site Association
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