General
General
Object Auto ID
84639
Alternate Codes
159546
Common Name
Engraving
Classified Name
Engraving
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
View from the north, showing Table Bay and the layout of Cape Town from the slopes of Devil's Peak on the left to the end of Signal Hill on the right. Dutch flag flown from the Castle and two of the ships. Vue du Cap de Bonne-esperance de la Baie. Gezigt van de Kaap der Goede-hope, van de Reede.; View of the Cape of Good Hope from the North [from the Bay]

Provenance

Donated by the Transvaal Chamber of Mines in 1939. See Annual Report of Parliament 1939, p 10.

Description
Technique Types
Engraving
Distinguishing Features

Cape Town. Cape of Good Hope Table Bay. 1776-77 Signal Hill. Signal station. Flagman's Ravine. Vlaggeman

Inscriptions
c.b. title "Vue du Cap de Bonne-esperance de la Baie. Gezigt van de Kaap der Goede-hope, van de Reede." I H Schneider a Amsterdam excudit. b.r. Tringham.sc.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted; Image size including border but excluding title 230 x 730 mm.
History
Object Age Comment
1776-1777
Maker Comment
SCHUMACHER, Johannes. Tringham, W., engraver Schneider, I.H., engraver pub.
Production Place
Amsterdam
User Comment
New Houses of Parliament - Speaker's suite E 126. Removed July 2003.
Collector Comment
Hand-coloured copper engraving
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