Text by Harry Klein & C.J. Scheepers Strydom
14 colour plates of the tableaux with lengthy captions opposite, 2 page explanatory introduction, wiro bound, a good copy.
These tableaux were discovered under the wall paper of an old theatre in Rotterdam in the late 1960’s. The tableaux comprising 2000 painted tiles were removed from the walls and carefully checked, restored, varnished and shipped to South Africa where they were exhibited at the T.P.A. Building in Pretoria.
The Theatre in Rotterdam called The Transvalia was built at the end of 1899 at a time of considerable European interest and sympathy for the Boer cause. The first owner of the theatre hit upon the idea of decorating the foyer with tiles on which the heroic deeds of the Boers would be artistically immortalised. The artist Cornelius de Bruin was commissioned to paint the tableaux.
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: Folio (495 x 355 mm)
- Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
- Contact Person: Paul Mills
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 021 794 0600
- Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard via PayGate secure links and Bank transfers.
- Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA
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