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
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) 473 x 309 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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Site Association
Site Association
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