Photo, Print, Drawing Settlement in the East Indies.
About this Item
Title
- Settlement in the East Indies.
Summary
- This sketch is from a set of 27 drawings on 15 sheets that was discovered in the National Library of South Africa in 1986. The drawings are important for presenting the earliest realistic depictions of the Khoikhoi, the original inhabitants of the Western Cape. The sketch depicts a Dutch settlement in the East Indies, showing a street with buildings and trees. A similar drawing depicting the same structures in the Rijksprentenkabinet in Amsterdam has been ascribed to Cornelis de Bruyn (circa 1652--circa 1727). This drawing in pencil is the only one in the collection not in pen and ink or pen and wash. The artist most likely was a Dutchman, born in the 17th century, who was attached in some capacity to the Dutch East India Company and possibly en route to the Dutch East Indies or on his way back to the Netherlands when he visited the Cape. Evidence suggests that the drawings were made no later than 1713, and possibly a good deal earlier. Most of the drawings have annotations, made by another person, also unidentified, after 1730.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1700.
Headings
- - 1700
- - East Indies
- - Netherlands--Colonies
- - Street scenes
- - Villages
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Presented as Plate 22 in The Khoikhoi at the Cape of Good Hope: Seventeenth-century drawings in the South African Library / text by Andrew B. Smith, from which this description is adapted. On recto of Sumatran muntjac (INIL 6258v); number 6258 of a set: INIL 6250-6264."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 drawing : pencil on paper ; 12 x 45 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: National Library of South Africa.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- The Khoikhoi at the Cape of Good Hope
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021670563
Online Format
- compressed data
- image