(SOUTH AFRICA) Two finely executed early nineteenth century

Sale 2642 - Lot 115

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(SOUTH AFRICA.) Two finely executed early nineteenth-century panoramic drawings of Table Bay and Stellenbosch. Pen and ink wash on wove paper, each monogrammed [I?].W.W., one titled "View of Table Bay from the Lion's Rump", measuring 3 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches; the other untitled and 4 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches overall; each folded vertically at center, mounting remnant on verso. Np, circa 1800

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The titled sketch looks out on Cape Town Harbor and is keyed with several locations in English: Chavonne Battery, Amsterdam Battery, Burying Ground, Rogge Bay Battery, West End of Cape Town, The Wharf, Road to Stellenbosch, and Part of the Lion's Rump.

Our lovely little untitled drawing depicts the agrarian village of Stellenbosch in the mountains of the Western Cape, dotted with the dark-roofed whitewashed long buildings associated with early Dutch colonialism in the region.