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Panorama of Cape Town and Environs, Seen from the Sea
attributed to Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) also widely engaged in slavery in the southernmost tip of Africa. Enslaved people were shipped from countries around the Indian Ocean to Cape Town. There they worked as domestics and in agriculture to provision the passing VOC ships. Cape Town was also the last place where the Dutch could sell their enslaved servants before heading home.
- Artwork typedrawing, panorama, topographical view
- Object numberRP-T-1914-17-21
- Dimensionsheight 415 mm x width 7700 mm
- Physical characteristicspen in inkt over een ondertekening in potlood, penseel in waterverf in blauw en blauwgroen en enig geel en rood, voorzien van een kader en verdeeld in 10 verticale secties