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Fort and Block House, Simonstown (recto) and Simonstown (verso): and Near the Fort and Block House, Simonstown
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Thomas William Bowler (1812-1869)
Fort and Block House, Simonstown (recto) and Simonstown (verso): and Near the Fort and Block House, Simonstown
the first signed, inscribed and dated 'T.W. Bowler, 1866/Fort and block House/Simonstown/30.12.66' (upper right), the second inscribed 'near the fort and block house/Simonstown -/Noah's ark and roman rocks - with the revolving and floating light' (lower right)
the first pencil and watercolour on paper, the second watercolour heightened with white on brown paper
7 x 10¼in. (17.8 x 26cm.)
5½ x 14in. (13.9 x 35.6cm.) (2)
Fort and Block House, Simonstown (recto) and Simonstown (verso): and Near the Fort and Block House, Simonstown
the first signed, inscribed and dated 'T.W. Bowler, 1866/Fort and block House/Simonstown/30.12.66' (upper right), the second inscribed 'near the fort and block house/Simonstown -/Noah's ark and roman rocks - with the revolving and floating light' (lower right)
the first pencil and watercolour on paper, the second watercolour heightened with white on brown paper
7 x 10¼in. (17.8 x 26cm.)
5½ x 14in. (13.9 x 35.6cm.) (2)
Provenance
Sir Abe Bailey, until January 1951
Literature
F.R. Bradlow, Thomas Bowler His life and work, Cape Town, 1967, p.216, nos. 493 and 495.
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