'THE BOER FARMER', BRONZE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Estimate

R7,000 - R9,000

Hammer

R8,500

'THE BOER FARMER', BRONZE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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Finely modelled to depict a farmer, hat in hand, standing behind two horses pulling a plough beside a tombstone engraved 1842 Orange Fry St Pretoria, the base inscribed to one side with Moke P the Boers 1842, all raised on a marble base
45,7cm long

In 1842, Judge W Menzics of the Cape declared the Orange Free State as part of British territory and the subject of the bronze appears to be a commemoration of the demise of the Free State in this year.