General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    72957
    Alternate Codes
    159820
    Common Name
    Watercolour
    Classified Name
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    A camp scene, showing five people and two tents. The larger tent has a flag on top of it. There is a man in a blue jacket standing next to a dead giraffe. To the left of the image is a large tree. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Camp du Garde-Mange, ou fut tue la premiere Giraffe, Dans le pais des Caminouquas.; Camp of the Larder, where the first giraffe was killed, in the country of the Caminouquas.

    Provenance

    Purchased at Sotheby's, London in 1963

    Description
    Technique Types
    Distinguishing Features

    Tents giraffe botanical hunting

    Measurement Type Unit Value
    Dimension Comments
    Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 368 x 295 mm
    History
    Object Age Comment
    [1785-1795, 1811]
    Maker Comment
    LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824. Reinold, Johann Lebrecht
    Collector Comment
    Watercolour on paper
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