Jessie Grant White (South African, 1866-1955), after Thomas Baines (South African, 1820-1875)
'Church Square, Grahamstown'
inscribed 'Grahamstown / a copy by Jessie G. White 1934 / after T. Baines / January 1849' (verso)
oil on canvas
49 x 73cm (19 5/16 x 28 3/4in).
inscribed 'Grahamstown / a copy by Jessie G. White 1934 / after T. Baines / January 1849' (verso)
oil on canvas
49 x 73cm (19 5/16 x 28 3/4in).
Sold for
£4,800
inc. premium
Footnotes
- PROVENANCE:
The son of the artist
The present lot is a copy of the well-known painting by Baines in the collection of the Syfrets Trust, currently on loan to the Albany Museum and illustrated in J. Carruthers & M. Arnold, The life and work of Thomas Baines, (Vlaeberg, 1995), p.138, fig.14:
"The site for Grahamstown was chosen in May 1812 by Andries Stockenström and Col. John Graham. A decision to lay out the town was made in 1814 and in 1815 the military encampment was moved to Fort England, two miles away, leaving the town a civil establishment. When Baines arrived in 1848, Grahamstown had 'six thousand persons, of whom one fourth were coloured, and houses to the number of seven hundred and fifty'."
Category: Fine Art / South African Art
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