Port Elizabeth ,circa 1861
Provenienza : Sotheby Parke Bernet South Africa (Pty) Ltd, 25 September 1973, lot 212.
Metropolitan Life.
Exhibited : Lorimer Hall, King George VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth, The Art of Thomas Bowler 1812-1869, 1 December 1986 to 11 January 1987, catalogue number 29.
Literature : Eastern Province Herald, 4 December 1986.
The Evening Post, 5 December 1986.
Frank Bradlow (1967) Thomas Bowler: His Life and Work, Cape Town: A A Balkema, a similar example illustrated in black and white on page 277, catalogue number LP31.
Note : This painting has been authenticated by Mr Frank Bradlow.