The Contents of Keerweder

Live Auction, 22 - 23 October 2012

Session 2

Sold for

ZAR 42 332
BrowseResults
Lot 362
Lot 363
Lot 364
  • Isaac Louis Drege; Thirty botanical watercolours depicting indigenous plants in and around Port Elizabeth
Add to Wishlist
SaveSendPin ItCurrency
Lot Estimate
ZAR 9 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 42 332

About this Item

Isaac Louis Drege
South African 1853-1921
Thirty botanical watercolours depicting indigenous plants in and around Port Elizabeth
variously dated between 1901 and 1912, from Volume V

each inscribed with the family, genus and species, the date and place recorded, and with the distinctive features

each approximately 30 by 20cm, framed

Notes

Isaac Louis Drège was born in Paarl, the son of Carl Friedrich Drège, a German apothecary, naturalist and traveller who travelled extensively into various parts of South Africa with his brother, Franz, collecting plants and zoological and ethnological specimens.  He trained as an apothecary and settled in Port Elizabeth, collecting plants in the Albany, Uitenhage and Port Elizabeth districts, particularly at Aloes, north of Port Elizabeth.  He published 'A preliminary list of flowering plants, ferns and fern allies found in the Port Elizabeth District' in South African Journal of Science, 1912: pp. 151-175 (1913).   He corresponded with Schonland and Burtt Davy and sent living plants to Kew in the United Kingdom. Volumes I and II were donated to the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, UK, in 2002

cf Mary Gunn & LEW Codd, Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa, Balkema, Cape Town, 1981, page 137

Browse
Results
Lot 362
Lot 363
Lot 364
Other lots that might interest you
A miscellaneous group of South African stonewares, 20th century
58
A miscellaneous group of South African stonewares, 20th century
ZAR 1 500 - 2 000
South African School 20th Century; Old Shop, Hanover Street; and To St Marks, Hanover Street, District Six, Cape Town, a pair
160
South African School 20th Century
Old Shop, Hanover Street; and To St Marks, Hanover Street, District Six, Cape Town, a pair
ZAR 400 - 600
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; The Ausbergen, Namibia
301
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef
The Ausbergen, Namibia
ZAR 200 000 - 250 000
South African School 20th Century; A Cape Farm; and A Cape Homestead, two
328
South African School 20th Century
A Cape Farm; and A Cape Homestead, two
ZAR 1 000 - 2 000
A South African stinkwood stool
333
A South African stinkwood stool
ZAR 1 000 - 1 500
A Hylton Nel stoneware vase, signed
501
A Hylton Nel stoneware vase, signed
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000