Object Listing

The Parliament Collection:
Depicts Louis Botha, J.X. Merriman and other members of the South African delegation on their way to London to discuss the South Africa Act of 1909. Six men in profile facing left dressed in black. Their suits run together to make one black shape while the faces are treated in a linear manner.

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Sorting of charcoals per decapage after sieving >3mm

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink caricature of a short John Bull walking past a quizzical statue of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr. He carries a banner in Afrikaans starting with the words "Brittanje Eerste." (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing of two figures, one scratching his head, looking at a porcupine with "Naturelle Wetsontwerpe" embedded in the quills. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing of two white men and an African man, dressed in a blanket, standing outside a traditional hut. Hofmeyr is in conversation with the African man. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing of two white men, one in army uniform and the other in civilian clothes, smoking a pipe. The former flies an aeroplane on a string like a kite and carries a metal box with "Stink Bomme" written on it under his left arm. The mile stone says "Na Rhodesie". (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing. Marriage scene. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing. Four standing figures on right and one on the left pointing a finger at the others. Each dressed in differently patterned suits. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing. On left hippo with human face faces, a mongoose with human in front of a mine with a sign for Germiston on the right. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing. Three seated men on a bench. Small figure squashed by two large figures on either side. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing. Three men striding towards left in Parliament, indicated from the outline of the statue of Queen Victoria in the background. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing. Five penguins with human heads are standing on a beach - two are looking very despondent. Tallest (Hertzog) wears a bandolier with the words "Die Wonder van die Ryk". (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing. Rainy scene. Man (Smuts) holding an umbrella with SAP written on it. Smaller man on right (Morris Alexander) burdened with many packages with various names incl. "Belange van die werkers". (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing. Two figures, one tall (Smuts) and one short (Burton), in rain reading masthead of the Cape Times. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing. Two figures, one tall (Smuts) and one short (Burton), in rain reading masthead of the Cape Times. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing. Cooking pot "Die Smelterspot" with four heads, two large at the base and two smaller at the top. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing. Two women with Ostrich feathers in their hats walking along a fence with an Ostrich on the other side. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Two figures in dress suits, one (Reitz) standing with folded arms on a plinth and the other (Van Zyl) pointing at him. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing. Two men walking - one tall (Smuts) and one short. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Black ink drawing. White man in traditional African dress sharpening an assegai blade on a stone in front of a beehive hut. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
White man in traditional African dress holding an assegai and shield confronting a man with beard and dressed in western clothes. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Scene in shop with male client dressed in black jacket and striped trousers and hand raised. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Two men dressed in patterned suits with the one (Hertzog) attacking the other (Smuts) with a stick. Smuts has dropped his burning piece of wood with which he clearly planned to set fire to fields marked Belange van Suid-Afrika (South African interests). (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Two male figures dressed in patterned suits. JH Hofmeyr lounges on a rock marked Gold Standard, smoking a cigar, while the second man is running away from him. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Large figure in Samurai dress looms into landscape scene from the right. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
Two sick figures holding labelled medicine bottles. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
In caricature style male figure with oversized head, dressed in the Serjeant at Arms uniform and holding the Parliamentary Mace. He is shown in profile, walking to the viewer's left. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)

The Parliament Collection:
In caricature style figure with large head facing left and holding a smoking cigar in his right hand standing on checked floor. (Part of a portfolio, see 20348)