General
General
Object Auto ID
73949
Alternate Codes
159849
Common Name
Watercolour (unfinished)
Classified Name
Local Name
From the centre of Berg River, Paarl
Quantity
1.00
Object Description
The Parliament Collection:
Front: Landscape in watercolour with three figures with sketchpads in foreground, drawn in pencil. This depicts Bowler's sketching class at work in the partly dry riverbed, with the Paarl mountains in the distance. Two unrelated male figures in the sky - one in pencil, one in watercolour. Reverse: A largely unfinished water-colour sketch of Cape mountains. Background mountains started in watercolour, foreground sketchy outlines only, with some annotations. (Part of a portfolio, see 37643)
Provenance
Unknown
Description
Description
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Distinguishing Features
Paarl. Rivers. Mountains. Berg River. Cape of Good Hope. Drawing group. Art class
Inscriptions
Front b.r. title "From the centre, Berg River, Paarl" Back t.r. "[illegible] Kirstenbosch Tuesday, 15th Oct., 1861". In a different handwriting below that: "See continuation 6 pages further on." Three further annotations in the sketch - check.
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Dimension Comments
Unframed (i) and (ii) in same portfolio; Paper size 178 x 252 mm.
History
History
Object Age Comment
Front undated. Back dated 1861
Maker Comment
BOWLER, Thomas William, (1812-1869)
User Comment
Iziko exhibition "Lie of the Land" by Prof Michael Godby at the Michaelis Townhouse June 2010 - Feb 2011.
Collector Comment
Unfinished watercolour on paper
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