South African and International Art

Online-Only Auction, 8 - 18 July 2016

South African and International Art

Sold for

ZAR 11 710
Lot 421
  • After Captain Walter Stanhope Sherwill; Panoramic View of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, from the Summit of the Lutheran Church, Strand Street
  • After Captain Walter Stanhope Sherwill; Panoramic View of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, from the Summit of the Lutheran Church, Strand Street
  • After Captain Walter Stanhope Sherwill; Panoramic View of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, from the Summit of the Lutheran Church, Strand Street
  • After Captain Walter Stanhope Sherwill; Panoramic View of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, from the Summit of the Lutheran Church, Strand Street


Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 11 710

About this Item

After Captain Walter Stanhope Sherwill
British 1815-1890
Panoramic View of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, from the Summit of the Lutheran Church, Strand Street

published by Maclure, MacDonald and MacGregor, London, 1849

tinted lithograph
44,5 by 99cm excluding frame; 62 by 120 by 3cm including frame

Notes

Lettered below the image with the title, names of the principal sites, including 'New Stone causeway (Building 1849)', names and heights of the mountains and 'Drawn from Nature by Captain Walter S. Sherwill, Bengal Army, Revenue Surveyor / Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor Lith. London'

Provenance

The Frank Bradlow Collection

Literature

RF Kennedy. (1976) Catalogue of Prints in the Africana Museum, Johannesburg. Illustration number S50



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