General
General
Object Auto ID
66618
Alternate Codes
230885
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Cape Town Observatory
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Watercolour of the Cape Town Observatory in the middle distance and windmill on the right. In foreground a wine wagon with "Jones, Cape Town" on canopy and drawn by nine pairs of oxen.

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

Observatory astronomy wine wagon Jones windmill

Inscriptions
B.l. signed "W.J. Anderson" and entitled "Cape Town, Observatory".
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted; Visible image 245 x 360 mm.
History
Object Age Comment
No date [c.1857] (see Notes)
Maker Comment
ANDERSON, W. J.
User Comment
Assembly Committee Room No.228
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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