Damara Man and Woman (Damara playing a Bow Fiddle)
Details
Thomas Baines (1820-1875)
Damara Man and Woman (Damara playing a Bow Fiddle)
inscribed 'Maimonika/Tapyinyoka', with inscription 'Painted by T. Baines in/South West Africa/about June 1861' on the backing board
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
13¼ x 9¼in. (32.7 x 23.6cm.)
Damara Man and Woman (Damara playing a Bow Fiddle)
inscribed 'Maimonika/Tapyinyoka', with inscription 'Painted by T. Baines in/South West Africa/about June 1861' on the backing board
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
13¼ x 9¼in. (32.7 x 23.6cm.)
Provenance
Charles John Andersson (1827-1867) and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J.P.R. Wallis, Thomas Baines, His life and explorations in South Africa, Rhodesia and Australia, 1820-1875, Cape Town, 1976, illustrated in colour opp. p. 40.