General
General
Object Auto ID
66619
Alternate Codes
159578
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Paarl, Cape Colony; Paarl rocks
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Landscape with the large Paarl rock in foreground and rocky outcrops in the background. Strong diagonal edge in the landscape from right to left in the foreground.

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

Paarl rock. 1871

Inscriptions
b.r signed and titled "A. de Smidt, Paarl, Cape Colony" Above this in very faint pencil: Paarl Rocks, 1 Feb 1871, with .... (rest illegible).
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
White wood frame with gold trim.; Visible image 225 x 301 mm.
History
Object Age Comment
1 Feb 1871
Maker Comment
DE SMIDT, Abraham, 1829-1908
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
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