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Mahote, chieftain of the Dange Xhosa, Robert Jacob Gordon, c. 1776 - 1777

Mahote, chieftain of the Dange Xhosa, Robert Jacob Gordon, c. 1776 - 1777

brush, h 660mm × w 480mm More details

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Identification

Title(s)

Mahote, chieftain of the Dange Xhosa

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1914-17-70

Inscriptions / marks

annotation, in lower margin, handwritten in brown ink: ‘Mahotti Caffer Captein’ (The Caffre captain Mahote), hand Sch

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon

Dating

c. 1776 - 1777

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

Measurements

height 660 mm × width 480 mm
height c. 355 mm × width c. 219 mm
height 0 mm × width 0 mm

Explanatory note

Gordon does not record meeting Mahote during any of his travels. But he does remark, on 12 December 1777, that Swellengrebel, on his journey of 1776, had mistaken in thinking that he had visited Mahote when it was in fact his son Hees. It is therefore possible that this drawing was made by Schumacher during Swellengrebel’s journeys.

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of private collectors

Acquisition

purchase 1914

Copyright

Relations

Is part of

The Gordon African Collection : Men, reptiles, fishes (RP-T-1914-17A)

Documentation

South Africa in 1777-95, suppl., p. 5
Een beeld van een land : Zuid-Afrika gezien door R.J. Gordon, tussen 1773 en 1795
De Gordon Atlas, Leendert Cornelis Rookmaaker
afb. op website www.uct.ac.za/depts/age/people/Gordon, als "Mahoti"

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