General
General
Object Auto ID
66338
Alternate Codes
230873
Common Name
Ink drawing
Classified Name
Drawing
Local Name
Graving Dock Table Bay. Cape of Good Hope.
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Ship in dry dock seen from the front. Drawing of the first graving dock in Cape Town which was completed in 1882 and named after Sir Hercules Robinson Governor of the Cape Colony.

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Distinguishing Features

Robinson graving dock Docks. Harbour. Table Bay. Cape Town

Inscriptions
b.l. Gillow & Co.; b.c. title Graving dock Table Bay. Cape of Good Hope ; b.r. CCA
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Brown wood frame with inner gold trim perspex; Image 326 x 227 mm
History
Object Age Comment
c. 1882
Maker Comment
A. C.C. Gillow & Co.
User Comment
1.New Houses of Parliament room no. E135 2. Secretary to Parliament's suite (Secretary to National Assembly) EG 33. Taken down August 2007.
Collector Comment
Pen and ink on paper
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