General
General
Object Auto ID
69752
Alternate Codes
160896
Common Name
Ink drawing
Classified Name
Drawing
Local Name
South African delegation to London, 1909 (cartoon), "Oakfield", Newlands, July, 1909
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Depicts Louis Botha, J.X. Merriman and other members of the South African delegation on their way to London to discuss the South Africa Act of 1909. Six men in profile facing left dressed in black. Their suits run together to make one black shape while the faces are treated in a linear manner.

Provenance

Unknown

Description
Technique Types
Drawing
Distinguishing Features

Caricatures & cartoons. Statesmen. Louis Botha Merriman, John Xavier Lewis, Bernard

Inscriptions
b.l. monogram D.B. in circle. Below image: on left "Oakfield", Newlands, July 1909; on right "To my kind friend Bernard Lewis - in recollection of many pleasant hours spent with him at "Cromshurst" in 1909." D.C.B.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted in a Mellenex folder; Image size 186 x 250 mm; card size 278 x 364 mm
History
Object Age Comment
1909 (see Notes)
Maker Comment
BOONZAIER, Daniel Cornelis, (1865-1950)
Collector Comment
Ink on paper
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