General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    73055
    Alternate Codes
    159881
    Common Name
    Watercolour
    Classified Name
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    A large tree bearing red fruit and dropping down a kind of liana, which resembles rope. (Part of a collection, see 34340)L'Arbre nomme Geele Hout charge de Wilde Druiven jettant des sortes Lianes que les Colons nomment Baviaans Touw, le Long des quelles les Singes ainsi que Les Hottentots grimpent pour aller ceuillir le Fruits.; The tree named yellowwood, laden with wild grapes and dropping down a kind of liana which the colonists call Baboon Ropes, up which the monkeys as well as the Hottentots climb to pick the fruit.

    Provenance

    Purchased at Sotheby's, London in 1963

    Description
    Technique Types
    Distinguishing Features

    Botanical [plates 119-165]

    Measurement Type Unit Value
    Dimension Comments
    Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 498 x 291 mm
    History
    Object Age Comment
    [1785-1795, 1811]
    Maker Comment
    LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824. Reinold, Johann Lebrecht
    Collector Comment
    Watercolour on paper
    Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
    Site Association
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