Strauss & co - 10 - 11 May 2020, Cape Town

113 435 Thomas Bowler SOUTH AFRICAN 1812-1869 Alabama Leaving Table Bay watercololour heightened with bodycolour on paper 16,5 by 49,5cm R40 000 - 60 000 PROVENANCE The Dr Ryno Greenwall Collection. Private Collection. LITERATURE cf. Frank Bradlow (1967) Thomas Bowler: His life and work , Cape Town: A.A. Balkema. A similar example is illustrated on page 120, catalogue number 115. Present owner: William Fehr Collection, Rust en Vreugd. The Confederate raider, The Alabama , visited Cape Town in 1863 and 1864, during the American Civil War, for the purpose of taking on provisions and refitting. Her visits drew large crowds and much public interest in this vessel and her charismatic Captain, Raphael Semmes. “Captain Green relates in Africana Notes and News that Bowler’s youngest daughter narrowly missed being named ‘Alabama’!” 1 1.  Ibid , page 55. 434 Gerhard Batha SOUTH AFRICAN 1937- Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794, after Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg signed oil on canvas 152 by 172cm R50 000 - 70 000 Also known as Lord Howe’s Action , this painting depicts the victory of the British naval forces under Lord Howe over a French force led by Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse. The original is in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. 434 435