19358 (xxiii) Artwork

General

Object Auto ID

83200

Alternate Codes

159231

Common Name

Watercolour

Classified Name

Painting

Local Name

Untitled [Man with shoulder baskets]; [11 studies of Hottentots, Malays, Africans and wagons. c.1838]

Quantity

1.00

Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Man wearing Western clothes and a hat. He holds his carrying pole and his two full vending baskets are on the ground. He looks tired and it seems he is wiping the sweat from his brow.

Provenance

Purchased 1941 - see notes

Description

Technique Types

Painting

Distinguishing Features

Indigenous African vendor labourer slavery

Inscriptions

No visible inscriptions

Measurement Type	Unit	Value

Dimension Comments

11 framed in 1. (Top row second from right of 11 framed in 1 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

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

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