General
General
Object Auto ID
76648
Common Name
Etching
Classified Name
PRESS, ETCHING
Local Name
South African Scenery; Grahamstown
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Grahamstown in the background, set in a wide landscape. The cathedral is a focal point. In the foreground is an ox wagon being steadied as it goes downhill towards the town. (Part of a book, see 5947)

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Etching
Distinguishing Features

Grahamstown cathedral wagon transport

Inscriptions
Bottom left of image etched No 21, 1881 S N Swain. Written in pencil in bottom margin: Grahamstown.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Bound in a book; Plate size 180 x 250 mm. Page size 280 x 380 mm.
History
Object Age Comment
1881
Maker Comment
SWAIN, S.N. [see Notes]
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