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View of a tree near a river with cattle drinking and purple hill beyond

© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London | CC BY-NC-ND

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Possibly by John Herschel (1792-1871)

Collection

Royal Museums Greenwich

Image Link

https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-145983

Description

This watercolour is probably the work of either John Herschel or his wife Margaret Brodie produced while they were living in South Africa in the 1830s. The Herschels spent four years living in South Africa while John worked on his project to catalogue the double stars, star clusters and nebulae of the Southern hemisphere (completing a project he had begun with his father for the northern hemisphere). In that time they took a good deal of interest in their surroundings.

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CC BY-NC-ND

Image Credit

© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Location

South Africa

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Tags

Trees
Rivers
Hills
Cows
Mammals

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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