1863 (i) Artwork

General

Object Auto ID

68013

Alternate Codes

230916

Common Name

Aquatint and watercolour

Classified Name

Painting

Local Name

Gezigt van eene kaffersche [sic] woonplaats, aan de zuidkust van Afrika; Album published to illustrate Lodewyk Alberti's "De Kaffers [sic] aan de Zuidkust van Afrika" (1810). Zuid-Afrikaansche gezichten

Quantity

1.00

Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Rural scene showing homesteads of round huts on a hill on the right of the image. Dancing figures, dressed in red ochre blankets in the foreground. (Part of a collection, see 1863)

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description

Technique Types

Aquatint

Distinguishing Features

Africans traditional dress kraals huts oxen

Inscriptions

Below image b.l. Getekend door De Chev Howen en J. Smies naar die Origineele volgens die Natuur Vervaardigde Tekening; b.r. Gegraveen door L. Portman; c. title and Uitgeven by E. Maaskamp, Koninklyke Kunsthandelaar te Amsterdam, Katverstraat en Dam, No.1.

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Dimension Comments

Unframed and mounted; Image size 300 x 420 mm. Plate size 340 x 430 mm. Paper size 440 x 595 mm

History

Object Age Comment

[1810]

Maker Comment

Smies, Jacob, 1764-1833, jt. illus. Portman, Lodewyk Gottlieb, 1772-1813, engr. HOWEN, Anton, Baron de, (also known as Chevalier Howen), 1774-1848

Production Place

Amsterdam

Collector Comment

Aquatint and watercolour on paper

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