General
General
Object Auto ID
66327
Alternate Codes
230872
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
The Boer's voorhuis
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Interior of a Boer farmhouse showing the family the schoolmaster reading from De Zuid-Afrikaan two female servants and some chickens in the foreground.

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

Boer voorhuis family life homesteads interior furniture coffee porcelain De Zuid-Afrikaan school master servants ostrich feathers chickens

Inscriptions
b.l. signed Charles Bell in pencil
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted; Visible image 107 x 174 mm.
History
Object Age Comment
c.1850
Maker Comment
BELL Charles Davidson 1813-1882
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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