General
General
Object Auto ID
73050
Alternate Codes
159901
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
A plant with seven orange flowers with white tips. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Le Lys du Cap, Cueilli au Soete-Melks-Valey.; The lily of the Cape, collected in Soetmelksvlei. [Knysna lily, Cyrtanthus obliquus]

Provenance

Purchased at Sotheby's, London in 1963

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

Botanical [plates 119-165] Zoetemelksvallei

Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 393 x 280 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
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