General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    73076
    Alternate Codes
    159880
    Common Name
    Watercolour
    Classified Name
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    A section of an aloe showing the spry of reddish-orange flowers with yellow tips. To the left are drawings of parts of the flower. (Part of a collection, see 34340)L'Aloes Dichotome ou le Karap pres Les Kooper Bergen. Dans le Pais des Petits Namaquois d'ont ils se servent du Tronc pour faire leurs Carquois.; The aloe dichotoma [dichotomous aloe] or Karap, near the Koperberge [Copper Mountains] in the country of the Little Namaquas, who use the stem [trunk] to make their quivers. [Quiver tree or Kokerboom]

    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) 473 x 309 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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