I'Ons, Frederick Timpson, 1802-1887 :[Caricatures of Sir Andries Stockenstrom, Governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope] / F. I'ons del. - [Grahamstown? ; s.n., ca 1839?]

Date: 1837

From: I'Ons, Frederick Timpson, 1802-1887 :[Caricatures of Sir Andries Stockenstrom, Governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope] / F. I'ons del. - [Grahamstown? ; s.n., ca 1839?]

Reference: A-014-011

Description: Andries Stockenstrom seated at a desk (or kneeling at an altar), looking thoughtful, flanked by two lit candles. A prayerbook lies in front of him. Behind him is a plaque inscribed Mene mene tekel (the writing on the wall from the book of Daniel in the Bible). Other men comment negatively about the Boers from the side Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 270 x 334 mm

From: I'Ons, Frederick Timpson, 1802-1887 :[Caricatures of Sir Andries Stockenstrom, Governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope] / F. I'ons del. - [Grahamstown? ; s.n., ca 1839?]

Reference: A-014-010

Description: Andries Stockenstrom striding botanical gardens, gesturing, with speech notes in his upside-down hat, behind his back. He is observed by another man hiding behind a tree. A verse by Milton below the image suggests that he supposes himself to be unobserved. The Drostdy Gardens were in Swellendam, South Africa Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 262 x 317 mm

Date: 1839

From: I'Ons, Frederick Timpson, 1802-1887 :[Caricatures of Sir Andries Stockenstrom, Governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope] / F. I'ons del. - [Grahamstown? ; s.n., ca 1839?]

Reference: A-014-014

Description: Andries Stockenstrom falling headfirst off a ladder, marking his dismissal in August 1839. The ladder had been balanced against a column marked Shame, and its rungs are marked with words such as Treacher, perjury, avarice, etc. Stockenstrom has dropped a roll of paper marked Comercial [sic] advertiser. A snake rears up from the ground, about to strike his head. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 351 x 267 mm

From: I'Ons, Frederick Timpson, 1802-1887 :[Caricatures of Sir Andries Stockenstrom, Governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope] / F. I'ons del. - [Grahamstown? ; s.n., ca 1839?]

Reference: A-014-006

Description: On the left, Andries Stockenstrom in a sculptor's shop, protesting about his appearance as a person of mixed race in a bust 'to be sold cheap', while a woman says 'Oh the horrid creature why he's like a Hottentot'. On the right a scene in a butcher's shop, with the butcher offering a servant a calf's head, while the servant protests that 'his Honour wants a heart' Other Titles - Honour's Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 283 x 354 mm

Date: 1802 - 1837 - 1839

From: I'Ons, Frederick Timpson, 1802-1887 :[Caricatures of Sir Andries Stockenstrom, Governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope] / F. I'ons del. - [Grahamstown? ; s.n., ca 1839?]

Reference: A-014-001

Description: Andries Stockenstrom as a baby, crying in his cradle, tended by his mother, a black nurse Other Titles - Lieutenant-Governor Eastern Province Good Hope Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 266 x 339 mm

From: I'Ons, Frederick Timpson, 1802-1887 :[Caricatures of Sir Andries Stockenstrom, Governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope] / F. I'ons del. - [Grahamstown? ; s.n., ca 1839?]

Reference: A-014-012

Description: On the right, Andries Stockenstrom being raised up on a balance, a scroll marked 'Lies' at his side. The counterbalance, on the ground, is marked 'Truth' and is weighed down by a feather. In the left background are two men on a seesaw, balanced on a native hut. The man seated on the ground is saying 'Aquila non captat muscas!' (possibly The Eagle does not catch flies), while the man at the top (another depiction of Stockenstrom?) is about to fall off the seesaw and saying 'Oh save me! Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 267 x 361 mm

From: I'Ons, Frederick Timpson, 1802-1887 :[Caricatures of Sir Andries Stockenstrom, Governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope] / F. I'ons del. - [Grahamstown? ; s.n., ca 1839?]

Reference: A-014-007

Description: Andries Stockenstrom riding an ox, with Zulu people behind him, reaching out to him, several white settlers in front, laughing at him. Speech and thought bubbles explain that Stockenstrom is somewhat afraid of the Zulus, despite their support of him, and that the white men are hostile towards him Other Titles - His Honour Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 265 x 363 mm

Date: 1837

From: I'Ons, Frederick Timpson, 1802-1887 :[Caricatures of Sir Andries Stockenstrom, Governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope] / F. I'ons del. - [Grahamstown? ; s.n., ca 1839?]

Reference: A-014-003

Description: Three men in discussion, two seated on parts of barrels, the third holding a large sheet of paper headed Graham's Town Journal 5th January 1837 and referring to untrustworthy 'Kaffirs'. One barrel is labelled Truman Hanbury Buxton, its lid 'Tale of a tub'. The man seated on top may be Thomas Fowell Buxton, a social reformer and abolitionist. Andries Stockenstrom is seated on the lid of the barrel. The discussion may be to do with slavery and civil rights Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Co was a London firm of brewers. Thomas F Buxton was a social reformer and slavery abolitionist Other Titles - Lieutenant Governor. Thomas Foxwell Buxton Inscriptions: Verso - 14 political cartoons referring to Sir George Grey when Governor of Cape Colony [written in pencil] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 261 x 335 mm

From: I'Ons, Frederick Timpson, 1802-1887 :[Caricatures of Sir Andries Stockenstrom, Governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope] / F. I'ons del. - [Grahamstown? ; s.n., ca 1839?]

Reference: A-014-002

Description: Andries Stockenstrom as a small child dressed in skirts. An Afrikaans-speaking minister of religion is manipulating his apron-strings while he walks towards a fat figure on the left. The fat man is wearing a dunce's cap marked Commercial advertiser. A statue of blind Justice is behind, and on the right are a child's bed and a toy soldier on horseback Other Titles - Doctor Philip Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 268 x 332 mm

From: I'Ons, Frederick Timpson, 1802-1887 :[Caricatures of Sir Andries Stockenstrom, Governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope] / F. I'ons del. - [Grahamstown? ; s.n., ca 1839?]

Reference: A-014-009

Description: Andries Stockenstrom crouching on the ground, bleeding, while a large grey eagle pecks him on the head. A rhinocerous is waiting in the right background Other Titles - Honour Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 267 x 359 mm