View of a sentry box near the gorge from Hottentots Holland to Overberg

Brandes, Jan

View of a sentry box near the Kloof (gorge) from Hottentots Holland to Overberg, spread over three pages. To the left the sentry box, in the centre a hill with red clay.

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Creator

Brandes, Jan (draughtsman)

Period

1786

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

19,5 x 46,5 cm19,5 x 46,5 cm

Number

NG-1985-7-2-117

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Inscription

Gezigt van het wagthuysje by de kloof waardoor men van hottentots holland na ooverberg komt

Sources and literature

Bruijn, M. de en R. Raben, The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808: Drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa (2004)