General
General
Object Auto ID
68046
Common Name
Lithographs
Classified Name
PLATE, LITHOGRAPH
Local Name
The wild sports of Southern Africa; Bechuana of distinction
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
African man wearing a kaross over one shoulder, and carrying a parasol made of ostrich feathers. Over his left shoulder he carries a spear with a leg of mutton hanging from it. In the background an ox with two persons riding on it. (From the text they are his daughters.) (Part of a book, see 2055)

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Lithography
Distinguishing Features

African man, kaross, parasol ostrich feathers

Measurement Type Unit Value
History
Object Age Comment
1841 (3rd edition)
Maker Comment
Howard, Frank, lithographer H W Martin & Co, London - printers. HARRIS, William Cornwallis, 1807 - 1848
Collector Comment
Coloured lithograph
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
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