General
General
Object Auto ID
74291
Common Name
Painting and drawing
Classified Name
Drawing
Local Name
Sketchbook; Mossel Bay from the lighthouse 28 May 66
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Watercolour in muted green and brown colours of the coastline with a steep drop into the ocean. Work is unfinished with a shrub drawn in pencil on the left. (Part of a sketchbook, see 4223)

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Drawing
Distinguishing Features

Mossel Bay coastline landscape

Inscriptions
B.r. in pencil: Mossel Bay from the lighthouse 28 May 66. With an illegible signature. With "C Piers" in a different handwriting beneath. Numbered 3 t.l. and b.r.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Sketchbook; Sketchbook page 130 x 180 mm
History
Object Age Comment
1866
Maker Comment
BOWLER, Thomas William, (1812-1869), attributed to
User Comment
De Smidt, Abraham, (1829-1908), possibly by (See Notes)
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