General
General
Object Auto ID
66622
Alternate Codes
159805
Common Name
Oil on canvas on board
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
A Fingo Girl; Mfengu woman in European dress (source: see reprod.) Fingo Woman (source: see reprod.)
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Three-quarter length view of an African woman in Western-style clothes. She faces the viewer. The background is a landscape scene.

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Oil Painting
Distinguishing Features

African Mfengu Fingo Fingoes

Inscriptions
No visible inscription on work. Artist's signature, date and title written on the back. (Scanned and linked.)
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Painted wood frame; Visible image 295 x 215 mm.
History
Object Age Comment
1869
Maker Comment
I'ONS, Frederick Timpson, 1802-1887
Collector Comment
Oil on canvas on board
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
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