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
Description
Technique Types
Distinguishing Features
Animals [plates 71-118] insects locust scarab
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Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 342 x 284 mm
History
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
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