General
General
Object Auto ID
66792
Alternate Codes
159500
Common Name
Pastel drawing
Classified Name
Drawing
Local Name
At Irene, Transvaal
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Horizontal work of small red houses with thatched roofs. Two brightly-dressed women walk along a path, one holds the hand of a child and the other has a baby on her back. There are children and pigs in right foreground.

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Drawing
Distinguishing Features

Irene, Transvaal. Indigenous African village. c.1907

Inscriptions
b.r. signed with Smithard's monogram
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted; Visible image 224 x 470 mm
History
Object Age Comment
c.1907
Maker Comment
SMITHARD, George Salisbury, 1873-1919
User Comment
1. Senate Room 34 2. Returned by A.J. Leon on 26 November 1999 3. Dr L Gabriel, 13 Regis House, returned end 2002.
Collector Comment
Pastel on paper
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
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