General
General
Object Auto ID
83186
Alternate Codes
159236
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Local Name
Malay [Woman and child]; [11 studies of Hottentots, Malays, Africans and wagons. c.1838]
Quantity
1.00
Object Description
The Parliament Collection:
Side view of a woman facing to the viewer's left. She is wearing traditional kaparang sandals and holds the hand of a young boy who is wearing a blue jacket and a red cap. Border in black ink line.
Provenance
Purchased 1941 - see notes
Description
Description
Technique Types
Distinguishing Features
Cape Malays Muslim kaparang shoes mother child
Inscriptions
No visible inscription.
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Dimension Comments
11 framed in 1. Bottom row second from left of the 11 water-colours framed in one. (19358 (viii-ix), (xi)-(xii), (xiv)-(xvi), (xviii)-(xx), (xxiiii). Heavy wood and glass frame with interior gold trim.; Visible image 115 x 77 mm.
History
History
Object Age Comment
c.1838
Maker Comment
W., J. possibly by [poss John White, see Notes]
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
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