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
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) 498 x 291 mm
History
History
Object Age Comment
[1785-1795, 1811]
Maker Comment
LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824. Reinold, Johann Lebrecht
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
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Site Association
Site Association
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