General
General
Object Auto ID
83653
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
[Four water-colours of scenes in the Cape Colony]; View of Wynberg [St John's Anglican] Church with Simon's Bay and Cape Point in the distance.
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
View of a few Wynberg buildings in a wider landscape. St John's Church on the right, the DR Church on the left in the distance. A washerwoman with a bundle on her head and a Cape Malay man small in the foreground on the right.

Provenance

Purchase 1946. See Library Annual Report 1946 typed p7.

Description
Technique Types
Painting
Distinguishing Features

St John's Church Dutch Reformed Church washer woman Wynberg mountains

Inscriptions
Initialed b.r. G.L. in white. Title, artist and date written on paper glued along the bottom.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Loose in portfolio; Image/paper size 140 x 200- 200 x 155 mm
History
Object Age Comment
1841
Maker Comment
LONGMORE, George (c.1790 - 1867)
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
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