Object Listing

Large portrait of (Sir) Lionel Phillips, standing in study or office, left hand and foot extended, right hand in pocket. Chair in background, desk on left hand side. His left hand is placed on a thick book. Dark colours. He was knighted after 1910, and would then have been referred to as Sir

A street scene depicting an encounter between an alluring woman in a bright red dress and swept- back hair holding a small black bag talking to a man in trench coat and hat, seemingly lit by speckled, textured street light. Appears to be a conversation, perhaps confrontation or proposition

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Painting

Two young white girls in large voluminous hoop skirts running through tall trees and greenery, and with mountains in the mid-foreground.  Pointillism and small brushstrokes can be seen. The blues in the sky are arced.

Bronze sculpture of Chief Albert Luthuli, by the artist Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mhlaba "Dumile" Feni

Simple ink on brown paper sketch of three birds with long protruding legs nestled in grassy background.

Simple graphic, geometric image with wooden boards/cladding on the outside of a house, with a long rectangular shuttered window above, left side glass broken, and the right side shows fork prongs side down in the room behind. Rainbow colours running down the boards from the window

Interior scene with window above shiny parquet flooring; window with blinds half pulled down blocks view out to manicured garden. Various patterns visible across all surfaces

Depicts portrait of mustached middle-aged man, facing slight right, wearing waistcoat and suit with watch chain, brooch or pin on left-hand collar. Holding book in right hand, left hand resting on left lapel, curtain at right. Family crest in top right hand corner

Painting

Abstract depiction of landscape, in bold geometric shapes and forms, with a variety of patterns.  Metzinger was an important part of the French Cubist movement

Painting

Two young girls seated in a wood, with a small wooden rail behind them, looking up. View is from the right side. Small yellow flowers, blue and red flowers visible, and older girls is wearing a yellow dress, with white sash. Her hair is long and flowing, and her shoes are black with metal buckle. Smaller girl is leaning towards older girl, and wears a green dress with lace edging. She appears to be pointing to something they are both looking at.

Ink drawing depicting a man in a large animal skin coat, alongside a dog, standing at the door of a house, presumed to be begging for food. The owner of the house is holding a small parcel of food out to the man at the door. There is a landscape visible to the left of the picture, as well as a small wooden fence.

Ink drawing depicting a prostrate shepherd with some visible wounds on his back, presumed that he is dead. His crook is above his head on the ground.  Lying next to him is a dead sheep, and both the shepherd and the sheep are below a male lion who is looking off in to distance at other fleeing sheep.

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Painting

Nude young woman, holding a filmy white material as a towel/covering and a string of blue beads in her left hand. Standing in front of patterned cupboards, one door open, and standing on an animal skin.

Watercolour

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Painting

Painting

Painting

Scene showing a fish-eye lens view of a bay in which a large number of bare-chested and hat-wearing Seychellois fisherman are working. There are also a number of fishing boats and traps on the beach, as well as sailboats in the bay. There is a fisherman on the left carrying a haul of fish, and there is a woman on the right seated, with a dog watching the scene. There are also a few mountains or rocky outcrops visible in the bay and further in the distance

Painting

Scene depicting two people- adult male on right hand side, seated with food in his hands, young child seated/standing? behind table to his right, eating soup? Table has plates of simple food, tablecloth and crumpled up cloth. Pitcher on far right of image

Painting

Painting

Landscape scene with dilapidated wooden cabin centre and right, behind is the large Brenva Glacier in the Alps. Two men left front carrying wood or greenery