General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    73049
    Alternate Codes
    159793
    Common Name
    Watercolour
    Classified Name
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    5 images: a spider, praying mantis, grasshopper, red millipede and a black beetle. (Part of a collection, see 34340)1. L'araigneDiable. 2. La Manthe reveredes Hottentots. 3. La Sauterelle que les Hottentots mangent. 4. Le Millepied Rouge trouvechez les Gonsiquois. 5. Le Carrabe a masque humain.; 1. The devil spider. 2. The mantis revered by the Hottentots. 3. The grasshopper eaten by the Hottentots. 4. The red millipede found in the Gonaqua country 5. The ground-beetle with the human face.

    Provenance

    Purchased at Sotheby's, London in 1963

    Description
    Technique Types
    Distinguishing Features

    Animals [plates 71-118] insects locust scarab

    Measurement Type Unit Value
    Dimension Comments
    Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 342 x 284 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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