General
General
Object Auto ID
72932
Alternate Codes
231189
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
A man standing on the right of the image, holding a gun in his left hand and pointing to the left of the image with his right hand. Just to the left of him is a dog and in the background a giraffe. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Portrait de l' Auteur dans son Camp la Riviere d'Orange, pour servir de Frontispice a son Voyage.; Portrait of the author in his camp near the Orange River, to serve as frontispiece to his Travels.

Provenance

Purchased at Sotheby's, London in 1963

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

Le Vaillant Portrait Explorers Wagon Tents giraffe dog ostrich feathers

Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 387 x 287 mm
History
Object Age Comment
[1785-1795, 1811]
Maker Comment
LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824. Reinold, Johann Lebrecht
User Comment
Le Vaillant exhibition Museum Room Parliament July 2008 - June 2010 Exhibition curated by Prof Ian Glenn at S.A. Museum: Nov 2012 - May 2013
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
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