Author: Klein, Harry. & Strydom, C.J. Scheepers. (Cornelius de Bruyn).
Title: Historic Tableaux on Tiles / Historiese Tablo's Op Teels.
Description: South African Railways & Airways. Card wraps, spiral bound (26pp) large folio (350w x 500h) Rear wrap soiled else near Fine condition (internally Fine in any case). 14 ceramic tile tableaux featuring battles from the Boer War and Boer Generals were discovered beneath the wallpaper of the old Victoria theatre in Amsterdam in 1969. These were typically 1.5m w x 2.3m h. The scenes had been painted by Cornelius de Bruyn. Dr Punt of the Simon van der Stel Foundation secured the tiles for South Africa. Exhibited in the T.P.A. building in Pretoria in 1970 they were acquired by P.W. Botha who was then Minister of Defence and are now housed in the Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein.

Keywords: art boer war ladysmith modder rivier river stormberg magersfontein colenso spionskop paardeberg reddersburg louis botha h.j. coster de villebois mareuil de kock


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