General
General
Object Auto ID
83182
Alternate Codes
159230
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Untitled [Man in traditional African dress]; [11 studies of Hottentots, Malays, Africans and wagons. c.1838]
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Three-quarter view of an African man in traditional dress facing to the viewer's right. He holds an axe in his right hand and a Sotho style shield and spear in his left. He wears a leopard skin on his back. Border indicated by a black ink line.

Provenance

Purchased 1941 - see notes

Description
Technique Types
Painting
Distinguishing Features

African Sotho. Warrior. Traditional weapons leopard skin

Inscriptions
No visible inscription.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
11 framed in 1. (Top row second from left of 11 framed in 1 one 19358 (viii-ix), (xi)-(xii), (xiv)-(xvi), (xviii)-(xx), (xxiiii). Heavy wood and glass frame with interior gold trim.; Visible image 115 x 78 mm
History
Object Age Comment
c.1838
Maker Comment
W., J. possibly by [poss John White, see Notes]
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
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