General
General
Object Auto ID
71077
Alternate Codes
159149
Common Name
Ink drawing
Classified Name
Drawing
Local Name
De Kaap Stad about 1810
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Drawings on both sides of the card. Front shows the estates on the slopes of the mountains, giving the name of each, from Zonnebloem below Devil's Peak to Tamboers Kloof and Schotsche Kloof on the slopes of Signal Hill. On the back of the drawing is a rough draft of it, giving the title as above, and signed in ink.

Provenance

Unknown

Description
Distinguishing Features

Cape Town Oranjezicht Gardens Vredehoek Tamboerskloof Tamboers Kloof. c.1810 Mill

Inscriptions
Signed in pencil "Elliott, C.T."
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Not framed, in a portfolio; Card size 183 x 337 mm
History
Object Age Comment
Date of drawing and of photograph unknown. Date of original watercolour which this drawing explains, c. 1810
Maker Comment
ELLIOTT, Arthur, 1870-1938, photographer
Collector Comment
Ink on card
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