July ART
Timed Online Auction, 3 - 14 July 2025
Works on Paper
Lot Estimate
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
Current Bid12 bids
Current bid
ZAR 3 500
Location
Cape Town
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Henry Clifford De Meillon
South African Active 1823-1856
Cape Costumes
signed and inscribed with the title
watercolour on paper
6 by 9,5cm excluding frame; 22 by 25 by 1,5cm including frame
Notes
This finely observed watercolour by Henry Clifford De Meillon captures a trio of Cape figures, each dressed in distinct attire that reflects the multicultural social fabric of the early 19th-century Cape Colony. De Meillon’s work is prized for its documentary value, offering rare visual insight into the clothing, posture and interpersonal dynamics of the period. With its restrained palette and precise linework, Cape Costumes exemplifies the artist’s sensitive approach to recording local life through a colonial lens, situating it within the broader tradition of ethnographic illustration in southern Africa.
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