General
General
Object Auto ID
72892
Alternate Codes
231182
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Kafir [sic] Woman; [14 water-colour drawings.]
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
An African woman walking towards the viewer. She wears traditional clothes with beadwork and jewelry. She carries a melon on her head and holds a twig in her left hand. Background is a general landscape with two huts lightly drawn in pencil. (Part of a portfolio, see 33039)

Provenance

Purchased from Miss J Harnett, Kenilworth, 150 pounds. ON (Order Number?) 153961 8/3/1961.

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

African beadwork traditional dress jewelry melon

Inscriptions
b.r. signed "J.W", title b.c. "Kafir [sic] Woman", t.r. numbered 11.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
In portfolio; Paper size 250 x 190 mm
History
Object Age Comment
c. 1842
Maker Comment
W., J.
Collector Comment
Watercolour and pencil
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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