General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    66777
    Alternate Codes
    159656
    Common Name
    Watercolour
    Classified Name
    Local Name
    View of Cape Town
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    Lightly painted view of the old harbour, the breakwater and the premises of "A. Martin, Ship Smith or Smith's Work" with many figures in the foreground.

    Provenance

    Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

    Description
    Technique Types
    Distinguishing Features

    Cape Town. Harbour Jetties, breakwater Martin, Arthur. Business premises

    Inscriptions
    b.l. title "Harbour of Cape Town"
    Measurement Type Unit Value
    History
    Object Age Comment
    1863
    Maker Comment
    ANDERSON, W. J.
    Collector Comment
    Watercolour and gouache on paper
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