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View of Table Bay with shipping and Table Mountain beyond

Educational Wall Sheet
third quarter 19th century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Educational wall-sheet depicting a view of Table Bay with shipping and Table Mountain beyond. With a stamp lettered 'Working Mens Educational Union. 25 King William St. Trafalgar Square London' and numbered '122'.

Object details

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Object type
TitleView of Table Bay with shipping and Table Mountain beyond (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on cotton fabric, coloured by hand
Brief description
Unknown. View of Table Bay with shipping and Table Mountain beyond. One of five educational wall sheets produced by the Working Men's Educational Union, 1850-75.
Physical description
Educational wall-sheet depicting a view of Table Bay with shipping and Table Mountain beyond. With a stamp lettered 'Working Mens Educational Union. 25 King William St. Trafalgar Square London' and numbered '122'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 86.36cm
  • Width: 116.84cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Working Mens Educational Union. 25 King William St. Trafalgar Square London' (With a stamp lettered)
  • '122' (Numbered)
Credit line
Gift of the Reverend Hugh Cuthbertson
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Accession number
E.1917-1953

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Record createdOctober 23, 2008
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