South African sketches : a series of ten of the most interesting views at the Cape of Good Hope / by T.W. Bowler.
Published / Created:
London : Published October 31, 1854, by Day & Son : [1854]Cape Town : A.S. Robertson, [1854]
Physical Description:
[10] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 37 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts DT827 .B69 1854+ Oversize Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Tinted lithographs throughout, including title page. Lithography by W.L. Walton, Joseph Needham, and William Simpson; after Thomas William Bowler.Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 343BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in half green morocco and green cloth.
Contents:
Boor's waggon (title page) -- Table Bay, from Blue Berg -- Castle, Cape-Town, from the S.E. angle of the Parade -- Kalk Bay, Evening -- Royal Observatory, looking westward -- Botanical Gardens, Cape Town -- Green Constantia, the property of J.P. Cloete -- Table Bay from Robben Island -- From Wynberg Hill, False Bay in the distance -- Admiralty House. Entrance to Simon's Town.
Subject Terms:
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Pictorial works. | South Africa -- Pictorial works. | Landscapes -- Africa -- Pictorial works. | Day & Son -- Publisher. | Ackermann & Co. -- Publisher. | Robertson, A.S. -- Publisher.