General
General
Object Auto ID
74504
Common Name
Lithograph
Classified Name
PLATE, LITHOGRAPH
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Full-length image in three-quarter of an African man, holding a shield and spear. He is wearing head decorations and beads around his neck, waist and legs. A leopard skin is partly visible around his shoulders. (Part of a book, see 4452)A collection of portraits, of the savage tribes inhabiting the boundaries of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. Taken from the life in 1812, by an officer of the 21st Lt. Dragoons, engaged in an expedition against those tribes, under Lt. Col. Graham; A Kaffer [sic] Chief

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Lithography
Distinguishing Features

African chief traditional weapons shield spear decorations leopard skin

Inscriptions
b.l. McQueen & Co. Lithog.; b.c. A Kaffer [sic] Chief; below title: Published May 10.1822 by Edwd. Orme, London
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Bound in a book; Paper size 380 x 250 mm
History
Object Age Comment
Original 1812, published 1822
Maker Comment
ORME, Edward - publisher
Production Place
London
User Comment
Steeb, Ernest Friedrich, 1756 - ? Given as "An officer of the 21st Lt Dragoons [etc]" on the title page. Original artist (see Notes). McQueen & Co - Lithographers of some plates
Collector Comment
Coloured lithograph
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