General
General
Object Auto ID
66715
Alternate Codes
159151
Common Name
Lithograph
Classified Name
Local Name
Hottentots
Quantity
1.00
Object Description
The Parliament Collection:
A Khoi man and a woman are seated on a grassy knoll, the woman smokes a pipe and the man holds a bottle of liquor. In the background another Khoi woman, portraying Nemesis, has a raised knobkierie or stick and is about to strike the seated woman with it.
Provenance
Mendelssohn Bequest 1922
Description
Description
Technique Types
Distinguishing Features
Khoi pipe smoking alcohol wine
Inscriptions
Inscriptions below image have faded badly. b.l. C.E. lith; b.r. Engraved by Fr. Schenck, Edinburgh; c title Hottentots, c.b. lithographer, Fr. Schenck [printer].
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Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted; Image size 355 x 257 mm.
History
History
Object Age Comment
c.1850 (see Notes)
Maker Comment
Schenck, Emil Ernst Friedrich - lithographer, printer. BELL, Charles Davidson, 1813-1882
Collector Comment
Lithograph
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