General
General
Object Auto ID
71086
Alternate Codes
231174
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Untitled [Standing Man]; [14 water-colour drawings.]
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Smartly dressed African or Khoi man standing with folded arms and looking straight at the viewer. He wears tan-coloured trousers, a jacket, cravat, and a hat decorated with a small ostrich feather at a jaunty angle. General landscape background in light pencil. (Part of a portfolio, see 33039)

Provenance

Purchased from Miss J Harnett, Kenilworth, 150 pounds. ON (Order Number?) 153961 8/3/1961

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

Indigenous people ostrich feathers clothes

Inscriptions
b.r. signed "J.W", t.r. numbered 3.
Measurement Type Unit Value
History
Object Age Comment
c. 1842
Maker Comment
W., J.
Collector Comment
Watercolour and pencil
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