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Botanical Grandeur at the VOC Garden of Cape of Good Hope, 1727
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An illustration of the garden of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, dating from 1727. The Cape of Good Hope, now part of Cape Town, South Africa, was a key stopover point for the VOC (Dutch East India Company) on their trade route to the Far East.
The "Jardin de la Compagnie" (Company's Garden) was established in the early Dutch colonial era to replenish supplies for ships passing through the Cape. Over time, it became a beautiful garden, known for its variety of plants and as a botanical research center. The layout as shown in the engraving would have been meticulously planned and could have included a variety of plants, both indigenous and imported, for purposes ranging from medicinal to culinary and ornamental.
Illustrations like this one were crucial for record-keeping and communication in the 18th century, as they provided detailed visual accounts of colonial possessions and were often included in reports and books describing the activities of the VOC. If this engraving is from 1727, it is a significant historical document showing the Company's Garden during a time when it would have been well-established but still evolving.
The text below the image is in Dutch, and it labels various parts of the garden or layout depicted in the engraving. Here's the translation into English:
a. The Garden House
b. The Kitchen
c. The Housekeeper's House
d. His Last Retreat
e. The General Kitchen
f. The School
g. The Slave House
h. The Sick Visitors' Place
i. The Boys' School
k. The Provisions Room
l. The Church
m. The Entrance to the Garden
n. The large lanes of laurel and cypress trees
o. Pomegranates and all kinds of fig trees
p. Chestnut trees
q. Pomelo, citron, lemon, and orange trees
r. Bloemberg, a Playhouse with Passion Flowers
s. Vineyards
t. Fig trees
u. Artichokes
v. Cabbage
w. Medicinal herbs
x. Broad outer ditches
y. Water-conduit through the garden
A. A Mill, to bring water into the garden to water it
This list provides a detailed view of the various components of the garden, emphasizing its complexity and the variety of plants and facilities it contained. The presence of a mill for irrigation indicates the practical aspects of the garden, while elements like the playhouse with passion flowers suggest it also had aesthetic and recreational functions. The inclusion of a slave house and a sick visitors' place also reflects the social and economic structures of the time.
The artist associated with this work, Johann Wolfgang Heydt, was known for such detailed and informative engravings, and his work serves as an important visual historical record of the era. The engraving would be of particular interest to historians of colonialism, botany, and horticulture, as well as to those studying the Dutch influence on the landscapes and urban planning of Cape Town.
- Dimensions:Height: 8.27 in (21 cm)Width: 13.19 in (33.5 cm)Depth: 0 in (0.02 mm)
- Materials and Techniques:Paper,Engraved
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1727
- Condition:Good. Folding lines from the original publication. Showing some wear and minor offset and some browning touching the image on one spot. Later handcoloring. Please study image carfully. The original image not as brown as the scan does believe.
- Seller Location:Langweer, NL
- Reference Number:Seller: BG-13424-41stDibs: LU3054337695272
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