General
General
Object Auto ID
83202
Alternate Codes
159220
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Hottentot woman with child; [8 studies of Hottentots and a Malay priest. c.1838]
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Side view of a woman with a small child wrapped onto her back. She wears a red head scarf and carries a knobkerrie in her right hand.

Provenance

Purchased 1941 - see notes

Description
Technique Types
Painting
Distinguishing Features

Indigenous peoples Khoi mother children babies

Inscriptions
No visible inscription
Measurement Type Unit Value
History
Object Age Comment
c.1838
Maker Comment
WEBB SMITH, Christopher, 1793-1871, possibly by
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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