General
General
Object Auto ID
73054
Alternate Codes
159952
Common Name
Watercolour
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Quantity
1.00
Object Description
The Parliament Collection:
A branch of a tree with thorns, showing the seed pods and the yellow flowers. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Une Branche du Mimosa d'ont se nourissent les Giraffes portant ses fleurs et sa semence: pres du Pais des Caffres.; A branch of the mimosa on which giraffes feed, bearing its flowers and seed-pods: near the country of the Kaffirs [sic] [near the Xhosa country]. [Camel thorn, Acacia giraffae]
Provenance
Purchased at Sotheby's, London in 1963
Description
Description
Technique Types
Distinguishing Features
Botanical [plates 119-165]
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Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 441 x 282 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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