General
General
Object Auto ID
83203
Alternate Codes
159214
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Canteen scene; [8 studies of Hottentots and a Malay priest. c.1838]
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Depiction with negative undertones of a Khoi man in Western clothes, leaning with folded arms against the wall of a canteen. Through the open door one can see a woman and a man inside. On the outside wall is a sign "Collison's homebrew[.]" and above the door "Licensed to."

Provenance

Purchased 1941 - see notes

Description
Technique Types
Painting
Distinguishing Features

Khoi Alcohol Canteen Liquor Collison's

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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