General
General
Object Auto ID
66626
Alternate Codes
159775
Common Name
Oil on canvas on board.
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Quacca, a Ghona kafir [sic]; Quacca, a Ghona kafir [sic] in the late Major Tylden's employ (source: see reprod.)
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Three quarter view of an African man dressed in a dark jacket and white shirt with a small bag slung across his body. Set in a landscape with trees and a dramatic sky.

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Oil Painting
Distinguishing Features

Africans. Indigenous peoples. c.1869 Major Tylden

Inscriptions
No inscription on work. Artist's signature and title on the back.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
frame; Visible image 280 x 195 mm.
History
Object Age Comment
c.1869
Maker Comment
I'ONS, Frederick Timpson, 1802-1887
User Comment
Passage
Collector Comment
Oil on canvas on board
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
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