July ART
Timed Online Auction, 28 June - 8 July 2024
Re/View
Lot Estimate
ZAR 25 000 - 35 000
Location
Cape Town
About this Item
British 1857-1941
Battle at Slingersfontein, February 1900
signed and dated 1905; inscribed with the artist's name and the title on a plaque adhered to the frame; inscribed indistinctly on a sticker adhered to the reverse
oil on canvas
75 by 126cm excluding frame; 84,5 by 135 by 4cm including frame
Notes
Inscription on the plaque reads: "2nd Battalion Worcester Regiment under the command of Major General R A P Clements Slingersfontein (near Colesberg, Cape Colony), (Feb 12, 1900). Godfrey Douglas Giles O B E (1857-1941). Major Giles then a special artist correspondent for the The Graphic was an eyewitness to the engagement."
Literature
Ryno Greenwell (1992) Artists and Illustrators of the Anglo-Boer War, Cape Town: Fernwood Press, illustrated on page 137.
View all Godfrey Douglas Giles lots for sale in this auction
Other lots that might interest you
Hogsback
ZAR 1 000 - 1 500
Karoo Morning
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
Figures and Buildings in a Farm Landscape
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Mountainous Landscape
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
Farmhouses along a Roadway with Cattle
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Seascape with Table Mountain in the Background
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
