General
General
Object Auto ID
72971
Alternate Codes
159813
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Caffre de la Grand Caffrerie.; A kaffir [sic] of Great Kaffraria.
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
A man with mountains in the background, holding spears in his left hand and his right hand behind his back. (Part of a collection, see 34340)

Provenance

Purchased at Sotheby's, London in 1963

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

Weapons Xhosas Ornaments, indigenous traditional Costumes

Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 396 x 292 mm
History
Object Age Comment
[1785-1795, 1811]
Maker Comment
LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824. Reinold, Johann Lebrecht
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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