General
General
Object Auto ID
76681
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
[South African drawings. c.1835]; Kafer [sic] Lady
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Watercolour of a barefoot African woman, facing to the viewer's right. She is wearing a brown kaross that covers her completely, and a head decoration that seems to be made of white and blue beads. Down her back hangs an extension of the kaross that seems to be decorated with metal studs. (Part of a sketchbook, see 5949)

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Painting
Distinguishing Features

Indigenous people traditional dress kaross beadwork

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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