Notes

A drawing of the same subject is in the State Archives, Pretoria, no A941-1682

Dated 1932 by Schweikerdt

This image was selected for the cover of the brochure for the Architectural Section of the Empire Exhibition, held for the first time in South Africa in 1936. It was opened by the Governor General, Lord Clarendon, and brought together people, objects and ideas from across South Africa and the British Empire. Johannesburg was chosen as the host city as 1936 marked the celebration of its Golden Jubilee.

Literature

Stephan Welz, Art at Auction in South Africa 1969-1989, Donker, Johannesburg, 1989, page 196, illustrated.

Margaret Vorster, Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (1886-1957) as Printmaker, 1986, page 13, catalogue number 15.