Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 16 March 2015
Cape & Colonial Silver, Furniture & Dec Arts, The Harvey Collection of Africana & SA & Int Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 35 000 - 50 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 28 420
About this Item
South African 1781-1863
A View of the Town, Litakun
dated 24.7.12 and numbered No. 492 in ink
ink and wash
29,5 by 48cm, unframed
Notes
This drawing formed part of the exhibition of the artist's work held at the Eastern Province Society of Arts and Crafts, catalogue number 3.
There is a variation of this drawing engraved in aquatint and colour in William Burchell. (1824) Burchell's Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, volume II, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Browne and Green. Page 464.
Provenance
Sotheby & Co, London, 14 May 1970, lot 65
From the collection of Mrs M McCully, née Burchell (formerly Mrs Burchell Graham)
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