General
General
Object Auto ID
76677
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
[South African drawings. c.1835]; Hottentot huntsman
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Watercolour of an indigenous man in profile, walking towards the viewer's left. He is dressed in Western clothes and has his gun slung over his left shoulder and a walking stick in his right hand. The small buck that had been killed is tied to the gun. (Part of a sketchbook, see 5949)

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Painting
Distinguishing Features

Khoi Hunting Duiker buck sandals guns

Inscriptions
Signed b.r J.W. and titled below the image
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Bound as a sketchbook; Paper size 312 x 230 mm
History
Object Age Comment
1850 (Mendelssohn)
Maker Comment
W., J. [poss John White, see Notes]
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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