English School, 1860

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English School, 1860

D'Urban, Port Natal, from the top of the Berea

indistinctly signed with initials, inscribed 'From...Berea-Natal' and dated 'J.E.W.(?)/June 60', pencil and watercolour, unframed
6¾ x 10 1/8in. (17.2 x 25.8cm.)

Lot Essay

The composition compares closely with H.W. Piers's view engraved in J.S. Christopher's Natal, Cape of Good Hope, London, 1850 (R.F. Kennedy, Catalogue of Prints in the Africana Museum, Johannesburg, 1975, II, C 130)

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