General
General
Object Auto ID
70627
Common Name
Sketchbook
Classified Name
Quantity
1.00
Object Description
The Parliament Collection:
Royal Observatory from the rear on left hand page, set in wide rolling landscape. Unusual detail of an accident of an overturned oxwagon in the foreground. One man is laying on the ground another carrying a whip, is running to look for help, and a third man on a horse is approaching the scene. A man and a woman (see Notes) are standing near the building. (Part of a sketchbook, see 30733)[sketchbook of 13 watercolour drawings of buildings and scenes in Cape Town, Grahamstown and Worcester]; Front [Rear] view of the Royal Observatory
Provenance
Struik
Description
Description
Technique Types
Distinguishing Features
Observatory, windmill ox wagon Fearon Fallows
Inscriptions
Title in cursive in ink in lower margin "Front View of the Royal Observatory". Rear View written above it by a later librarian. See 30733 (1) for explanation of this addition done in 1960.
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Dimension Comments
Unframed - in sketchbook in portfolio and card covers; Image size 209 x 565 mm (double page)
History
History
Object Age Comment
[c.1828] (see Notes)
Maker Comment
ARTIST UNKNOWN
Collector Comment
Pencil and watercolour on paper
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