General
General
Object Auto ID
84641
Alternate Codes
159548
Common Name
Engraving
Classified Name
Engraving
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Panoramic view of Cape Town and Table Bay viewed from Signal Hill. Shows the whole area from the Hottentots Holland mountains on the left to the slopes of Signal Hill on the right. Vue du Cap de Bonne-esperance de l'Ouest. Gezigt van de Kaap der Goede-hope, van het Westen.; View of the Cape of Good Hope from the West.

Provenance

Donated by the Transvaal Chamber of Mines in 1939.

Description
Technique Types
Engraving
Distinguishing Features

Cape Town Table Bay Castle Company Gardens Dutch Reformed Church Groote Kerk Hottentots-Holland mountains graveyards

Inscriptions
Below the work b.r.: B de Bakker Sc; c. title in French and Dutch Vue de la Baie Fals. Gezigt van de Baay Fals, T H Schneider a Amsterdam, excudit. Insr: b.c. "Vue du Cap de Bonne-esperance de l'Ouest. Gezigt van de Kaap der Goede-hope van het Westen. T.H. Schneider a Amsterdam excudit.". b.r. Tringham sc.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted; Image size 225 x 733 mm. (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
1. New Houses of Parliament - Speaker's suite E 126
Collector Comment
Hand-coloured copper engraving
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