General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    68015
    Alternate Codes
    230918
    Common Name
    Aquatint with watercolour
    Classified Name
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    Landscape with tents on the left flying the Dutch flag. Meeting in foreground with Janssens mounted troops (mainly mounted) on the left and Gaika's on the right on foot. (Part of a collection, see 1863) Bijeenkomst van den Hoog Ed. Gestr. Heer Generaal J.W. Janssens, Gouverneur van de Kaap de Goede Hoop, met het Opperste Hoofd der Kaffers [sic], Gaika in het Kafferland [sic], aan de Katrivier, in bloeimaand van 1803. [Meeting between General Janssens and Gaika at the Kat River, 1803]; Album published to illustrate Lodewyk Alberti's "De Kaffers [sic] aan de Zuidkust van Afrika" (1810). Zuid-Afrikaansche gezichten

    Provenance

    Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

    Description
    Technique Types
    Distinguishing Features

    Frontier wars Kat River Eastern Cape Africans Xhosas Janssens Jan Willem, 1762-1838. Soldiers military Gaika Ngqika AmaNgqika Xhosa chief king Paravicini di Capelli, Willem Bartholomeus Eduard, 1778-1848

    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.
    Measurement Type Unit Value
    Dimension Comments
    Unframed and mounted; Image 300 x 425 mm. Plate 340 x 430 mm. Paper 440 x 595 mm.
    History
    Object Age Comment
    [c.1800-1810]
    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
    User Comment
    Iziko Lie of the Land exhibition June 2010 - Feb 2011
    Collector Comment
    Coloured aquatint with watercolour on paper
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