19358 (xx) Artwork

General

Object Auto ID

83197

Alternate Codes

159237

Common Name

Watercolour

Classified Name

Painting

Local Name

Untitled [Woman in traditional African dress]; [11 studies of Hottentots, Malays, Africans and wagons. c.1838]

Quantity

1.00

Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Side-view of an African woman in traditional dress with a clay pot or calabash on her head. She is wearing multiple arm and ankle bracelets. Border indicated by a black ink line.

Provenance

Purchased 1941 - see notes

Description

Technique Types

Painting

Distinguishing Features

African traditional dress calabash

Inscriptions

No visible inscription.

Measurement Type	Unit	Value

Dimension Comments

11 framed in 1. (Top row left of 11 water-colours framed in 1 (19358 (viii-ix), (xi)-(xii), (xiv)-(xvi), (xviii)-(xx), (xxiiii). Heavy wood and glass frame with interior gold trim.; Visible image 11.5 x 77 mm

History

Object Age Comment

c.1838

Maker Comment

W., J. possibly by

Collector Comment

Watercolour on paper

Date Retrieved	Reference Types	Citation

Site Association

x	y	z

Assessments

Movements

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