WILLIAM BLIGH
1754-1817
A View of the Cape of Good Hope Taken at Anchor on Board the Vlydt Dutch Packet in Table Bay on my return to England in Decr 1789
Estimate $80,000 – $120,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW ZEALAND
WILLIAM BLIGH
1754-1817
A View of the Cape of Good Hope Taken at Anchor on Board the Vlydt Dutch Packet in Table Bay on my return to England in Decr 1789
watercolour on paper on card
signed, dated and inscribed: 'A View of / The Cape of Good Hope / Taken at Anchor on board the / Vlydt Dutch Packet in / Table Bay on my return to England in / Decr 1789 William Bligh' verso
23.7 x 44.8 cm (sight)
Provenance
Captain William Bligh
Private Collection, New Zealand, by descent
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