General
General
Object Auto ID
74281
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
[Sketch book, 1848-1869]; Looking North from top of Bainskloof 3 Oct 1869
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Two page panorama. Left page: Mountain peak in background with shrubs and rocks in the foreground. Right page: View of mountains in the background, rough terrain in the foreground with a simple building on the right. (Part of a sketchbook, see 4222)

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Painting
Distinguishing Features

Wellington Mountain passes Bainskloof Bain's Kloof

Inscriptions
Illegible word in pencil b.l. B.r. in pencil: Looking North from top of Bainskloof 23 Oct 1869. On back, written in pencil: This cannot be Bowler's work, for he died in England on 24th Oct 1869.
Measurement Type Unit Value
History
Object Age Comment
1869
Maker Comment
BOWLER, Thomas William, (1812-1869), attributed to
User Comment
de Smidt, Abraham, possibly [see Notes]
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
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