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Jacques Etienne Victor Arago (1790-1855)
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE The Uranie reached Table Bay on 7 March. Freycinet and his wife were entertained by the Governor, Lord Somerset, and his family, spending 22 days ashore before rejoining the ship and sailing for Mauritius on April. 'The Colony was flourishing when it belonged to the Dutch. Its present commerce is next to nothing, thanks to the wise administration of the English'. J. Arago, Narrative
Jacques Etienne Victor Arago (1790-1855)

Afrique. (8 artefacts): 1. Instrument avec lequel on conduit les noirs à la vente. 2. Mante adorée par les hottentots. (Fort rare). 3. Idoles des Cafres. 4. Casse-tête des Cafres, en bois. 5. Couronne d'un Roi Cafre. 6. Casse-tête des cafres, en pierre. 7. Balance des hottentots. 8. Sagaie en os. (5p ½ de longeur)

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Jacques Etienne Victor Arago (1790-1855)
Afrique. (8 artefacts): 1. Instrument avec lequel on conduit les noirs à la vente. 2. Mante adorée par les hottentots. (Fort rare). 3. Idoles des Cafres. 4. Casse-tête des Cafres, en bois. 5. Couronne d'un Roi Cafre. 6. Casse-tête des cafres, en pierre. 7. Balance des hottentots. 8. Sagaie en os. (5p ½ de longeur)
signed and dated 'Js Arago fecit 1818' (lower right), inscribed as title and inscribed 'a consulter pour la rousture de la hache' (upper centre)
watercolour on paper, watermark IHS (Montgolfier)
14 5/8 x 11¼in. (37.1 x 28.6cm.)
Exhibited
Paris, 1962. no.354.
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