General
General
Object Auto ID
67822
Alternate Codes
159033
Common Name
Lithograph (lithotints) and Engraving
Classified Name
Local Name
Breakfast party of kaffir [sic] marauders surprised.; Collection of engravings and lithographs : ca 1847-1872.
Quantity
1.00
Object Description
The Parliament Collection:
Group of men around a fire. All are seated except for the one who is placing wood on the fire. On the right one of the men is cutting up a buffalo (?) with a spear while a gun and three spears lie in the left foreground. In the background four men wait, it seems, to ambush the others. (Part of a collection, see 1839)
Provenance
Mendelssohn Bequest 1922
Description
Description
Technique Types
Distinguishing Features
Africans Pipe smoking Butchering meat oxen gun weapons
Inscriptions
Title and artists inscribed in pencil below the work. B.r. logo CB reversed. Same reversed logo on 1839 (1) and (3).
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Dimension Comments
In an album; Image size 186 x 243 mm
History
History
Object Age Comment
[c. 1847-1872]
Maker Comment
Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, engraver. BELL, Charles Davidson, 1813-1882
Collector Comment
Lithographs and engravings
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