Category: Cape Town history

Lady Anne Barnard “locked-in” Cape Town

Lady Anne Barnard “locked-in” Cape Town

Confined to barracks – Lady Anne wouldn’t have had a problem with lockdown, especially in her later years when she lived like a recluse. She arrived in Cape Town 1797 and initially lived in the Castle of Good Hope where the barracks were (and still are). Lady Anne set herself the challenge of painting the...

April 3, 2020November 29, 2022