General
General
Object Auto ID
84683
Alternate Codes
231199
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Fingo woman (back view); [Four native studies c. 1843 - c. 1846]
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Small watercolour of a back view of a woman dressed in a kaross, with the fur inside. She carries a pumpkin on her head and a gourd and firewood in her arms.

Provenance

Written in pencil on back of mount board, discarded because acidic: "Chas Sawyer, London. Ordered by letter - 021".

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

Africans Mfengu. Fingo Firewood Gourd. Pumpkin. Kaross

Inscriptions
b.r. signed F. I'Ons in pencil
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted; Image/paper size 273 x 190 mm.
History
Object Age Comment
c.1843-c.1846
Maker Comment
I'ONS, Frederick Timpson, 1802-1887
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
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