General
General
Object Auto ID
79750
Common Name
Lithograph
Classified Name
PLATE, LITHOGRAPH
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Two young Khoi men in breaches and tan jackets. The one is wearing shoes and the other barefoot. They both have wide-brimmed hats decorated with ostrich plumes. (Part of a book, see 6620) The kafirs [sic] illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribesalso portraits of the Hottentot, Malay, Fingo, and other races inhabiting Southern Africa : together with sketches of landscape scenery in the Zulu country, Natal, and the Cape Colony; Karl Julius, a Hottentot herd-boy. Christian Matthei, a half-caste Hottentot. Hottentot Herd Boys Genadendal

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Lithography
Distinguishing Features

Boys children Genadendal Khoi ostrich feathers whip

Inscriptions
In handwriting on the work left: Karel Julius, right: Christian Matthei. Printed below the work: b.l. From nature & on stone by George French Angas; b.r. Hanhart Lith Printers. Below that b.c. Hottentot Herd Boys Genadendal
Measurement Type Unit Value
History
Object Age Comment
1849
Maker Comment
ANGAS, George French, 1822-1886
Production Place
London
Collector Comment
Hand-coloured lithograph
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