General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    66401
    Alternate Codes
    159387
    Common Name
    Lithograph
    Classified Name
    Local Name
    View of Muyzenberg and Simons Town
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    Shows False Bay from Muizenberg to Simonstown with an inset diagram giving points of reference. The work is inscribed to Admiral Lord Keith commander of the naval expedition which led to the taking of the Cape in 1795.

    Provenance

    Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

    Description
    Distinguishing Features

    False Bay Muizenberg Muysenberg Muyzenberg Muijsenbergh Simons Town Simonstown Simons Bay Fishook Bay Fish Hoek Chalk Bay Kalk Bay Battery barracks military

    Measurement Type Unit Value
    Dimension Comments
    Black-painted wood with gold trim.; Paper size 493 x 634 mm.
    History
    Object Age Comment
    [1795] 1807
    Maker Comment
    DILLON Captain Charles (see Notes) Reeve Richard engr.
    Production Place
    Collector Comment
    Hand-coloured lithograph aquatint
    Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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