Nov 13, 2006 - Sale 2093

Sale 2093 - Lot 7

Price Realized: $ 674
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
D. OGILVIE (DATES UNKNOWN) PRETORIA. Circa 1935.
39 5/8x24 7/8 inches. Cape Times Limited.
Condition B+: restored losses, repaired tears and overpainting in margins and image; vertical and horizontal folds.
A fashionable couple are enjoying a day of sightseeing at Pretoria's Union Building, the seat of the country's government. One of South Africa's three capital cities, Pretoria is probably best known as the destination in the famous British marching tune from the Boer War "We are marching to Pretoria." The song was popularized in America by The Weavers and The Smothers Brothers.