General
General
Object Auto ID
83214
Alternate Codes
159673
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
[Shop in a cellar under stoep steps, 1838?]; [Malays 1838]
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Incomplete watercolour of shop in lower left with figures coming and going and two more above the shop on the landing. On the back is a roughly drawn watercolour sketch of four figures.

Provenance

Purchased 1941 - see notes

Description
Technique Types
Painting
Distinguishing Features

Cape Malay Muslim shop architecture

Inscriptions
No signature on work.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted in a box; Paper size 120 x 330 mm
History
Object Age Comment
[1838?]
Maker Comment
WEBB SMITH, Christopher, 1793-1871
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper (fragment)
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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