General
General
Object Auto ID
73939
Alternate Codes
231210
Common Name
Ink drawing
Classified Name
Drawing
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Line drawing of a building complex with flat roof and square rectangular columns in front. Table Mountain outlined in the backgrounds. Drawing annotated in title and in the body of the drawing "Back of Mrs De Witt's house where La Caille resided."Guard house in Rogge Bay, Cape of Good Hope, in which Mr Maclear erected the sector 1838

Provenance

Unknown

Description
Technique Types
Drawing
Distinguishing Features

Rogge Bay Street scene Cape Town Sir Thomas Maclear observatory astronomy Lacaille Nicolas Louis de la Caille 1713-1762 Mrs Johannes de Witt

Inscriptions
Name of artist in pencil on the back. Along the bottom of the image is the title and annotation in ink. Inscription inside the drawing: "Back of Mrs de Witt's house, where La Caille resided".
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
In portfolio with 39861 - a letter by Smyth to his sister.; Paper size 125 x 337 mm.
History
Object Age Comment
1838
Maker Comment
SMYTH, Charles Piazzi, 1819-1900
Collector Comment
Pen and ink on paper
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