General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    83718
    Alternate Codes
    159746
    Common Name
    Pencil and watercolour
    Classified Name
    Local Name
    Shipwreck in Table Bay; Schipbreuk in Tafel Baai
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    Shows a stranded ship in the bay, with survivors being brought to shore. Sinking ship visible.

    Provenance

    Purchase. See Library Annual Report 1948 typed p8.

    Description
    Distinguishing Features

    Shipwrecks shipping Table Bay Robben Island

    Inscriptions
    b.r signed J.C. Schotel. Annotated "Robbe Eiland" near right edge.
    Measurement Type Unit Value
    Dimension Comments
    Unframed and mounted; Visible image 362 x 530 mm
    History
    Object Age Comment
    c.1820
    Maker Comment
    SCHOTEL, J.C. (1787 - 1838)
    User Comment
    Assembly ground floor passage
    Collector Comment
    Pencil and watercolour on paper
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