General
General
Object Auto ID
66382
Alternate Codes
230878
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Buffalo attacked by lions
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Large work showing two lions attacking a buffalo in a clearing in the bushveld. Central image relatively small and two hunters observe the scene from nearby trees. Colours have been retouched.

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

Hunting wild animals. ca 1850

Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed though indicated as framed on main cat; Image size 845 x 1170 mm.
History
Object Age Comment
c. 1850-1857
Maker Comment
WOLF Josef 1820-1899
User Comment
House of Assembly room 5
Collector Comment
Gouache
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
x y z
Powered by Drupal

Creative Commons Licence
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 South Africa License.