The postmaster’s house on Robben Island, seen from the sea, Robert Jacob Gordon (attributed to), c. 1777

Identification

Title(s)

The postmaster’s house on Robben Island, seen from the sea

Object type

Object number

RP-T-1914-17-25

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon (attributed to)
draughtsman: Johannes Schumacher (possibly)

Place

Kaapprovincie

Dating

c. 1777

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 280 mm × width 660 mm

Explanatory note

Oorspronkelijk in omslag van roodkleurig halfleer en roodgemarmerd plat, dorso met ribben en goudopdruk; 71 x 99 x 6 cm.

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of private collectors

Acquisition

purchase 1914

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Documentation

South Africa in 1777-95, cat.nr. 5
Goede Hoop, p. 66, afb. 4.14
Een beeld van een land: Zuid-Afrika gezien door R.J. Gordon, tussen 1773 en 1795, Meile Dirk Haga
Geografische index op de Gordon Atlas, Robert C. de Jong, p.98, cat.nr. 25
De Gordon Atlas, Leendert Cornelis Rookmaaker
Johannes Schumacher; Anne Hallema (introd), The Cape in 1776-1777: aquarelles by Johannes Schumacher from the Swellengrebel-collection at Breda, The Hague( etc.): Stols [etc.] 1951, p. 13-14

Persistent URL

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