General
General
Object Auto ID
78657
Alternate Codes
159773
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Confederate Steamer Alabama, Table Bay, 6th Aug 1863; Watercolours: seascapes, 1854-1863
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Watercolour of the Confederate Steamer Alabama flying a flag with two red and one white stripe with a blue corner in the top left accompanied by another sailing vessel and surrounded by many small boats next to it. Delicately painted sea and sky. Part of a collection, see 6540)

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

Alabama Confederate steamer Ships Table Bay Seascapes

Inscriptions
t.l. Stamp or seal; b.r. Title"Confederate Steamer Alabama,Table Bay 6th Aug. 1863" in pencil. Back "By Bowler" and title and date in pencil.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted; Image and paper size 170 x 252 mm.
History
Object Age Comment
6 August 1863
Maker Comment
BOWLER, Thomas William, (1812-1869) attributed by Mendelssohn
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