General
General
Object Auto ID
84684
Alternate Codes
231200
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Fingo Woman; [Four native studies c. 1843 - c. 1846]
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Small watercolour of a side view of a woman dressed in a dark brown kaross and wearing a cloth on her head and blue anklets. Portrait-like study of the face. Aloe in bloom on the left.

Provenance

Written in pencil on back of mount board, discarded because acidic: "Chas Sawyer, London. Ordered by letter - 010/10".

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

Africans. Mfengu. Fingoes Traditional dress Kaross

Inscriptions
b.r. signed and dated I'Ons 1843
Measurement Type Unit Value
History
Object Age Comment
1843
Maker Comment
I'ONS Frederick Timpson, 1802-1887
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
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