General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    73014
    Alternate Codes
    159795
    Common Name
    Watercolour
    Classified Name
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    Two images of oxen, the top one shows an ox carrying a load of grass mats and the bottom image the head of an ox. (Part of a collection, see 34340)1. Un Boeuf chargepret pour se mettre en marche. 2. Tete de Boeuf Caffre a cornes travaillees.; 1. A laden ox ready to trek. 2. Head of a Kaffir [sic] ox with worked horns. [Prof Glenn: Head of a Xhosa ox showing the way horns were shaped]

    Provenance

    Purchased at Sotheby's, London in 1963

    Description
    Technique Types
    Distinguishing Features

    Animals ox horn

    Measurement Type Unit Value
    Dimension Comments
    Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 442 x 288 mm
    History
    Object Age Comment
    [1785-1795, 1811]
    Maker Comment
    LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824. Reinold, Johann Lebrecht
    User Comment
    Exhibition curated by Prof Ian Glenn at S.A. Museum: Nov 2012 - May 2013
    Collector Comment
    Watercolour on paper
    Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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