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Call Number:
MSS 11
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Norris, Robert Provo, died 1851
Title(s):
Landscape with unidentified fort at center.
Date:
circa 1846-1851
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series IV: Watercolors and Drawings
Part of Collection:
1, folder 5a(2)
Provenance:
Acquired 1995, Paul Mellon Fund.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Watercolor sketch showing a small military fort in the middle of a grassy valley, with brushy hills surrounding it. A few figures can be seen at various points on the outskirts of the area, with one figure appearing near a small hut with a smoking chimney at right, guards stationed at points around the fort, and what seems to be a woman walking with a basket on her head at left in the foreground.
Physical Description:
1 watercolor sketch. ; 15 x 24.5 cm
Genre:
Watercolors (paintings), Diaries, Graphite drawings, Landscape drawings, Letters, Travel sketches, and Views
Subject Terms:
British
Colonies
Colonization
Description and travel
History
Memorials
Xhosa (African people)
Subject Period:
1795-1872
19th century
Frontier Wars, 1811-1878
Associated Places:
Africa
Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Great Britain
South Africa
Associated People/Groups:
De Smidt, Annie, 19th cent
Great Britain. Army
Great Britain. Army. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Hall, Morris, Captain
Mansergh, John Craven
Michell, John, Sir, 1781-1866
Norris, Dennis George, b. 1798 or 9
Norris, Robert Provo, d. 1851
South Africa. Army. Imperial Cape Mounted Riflemen
Finding Aid Title:
Robert Provo Norris Collection
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/4.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/933
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/933?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1