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Aquatint, coloured by hand, backed, with two skillfully repaired tears into image area. Image area: 12 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches. Sheet size: 17 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches. A stunning aquatint from Samuel Daniell's celebrated work, "African Scenery and Animals at the Cape of Good Hope". Samuel was the younger brother of the famous topographical painter William Daniell, and the nephew of Thomas Daniell: the least known because of his early death, but Thomas Sutton considered him 'the most inspired and original of the three.' Samuel evidently developed a keen interest in natural history and an insatiable desire to travel, a combination which inspired him to follow in his brother's footsteps. Soon after the first British occupation of South Africa, Daniell left England for the Cape of Good Hope, arriving in December of 1799. His affable nature and considerable artistic skills earned him an appointment as artist on Truter's expedition. The party set off in October of 1801 to explore the northern and eastern regions of the Cape Colony. The area, which included the Moloppo and Kuruman rivers on the border of Botswana, was relatively uncharted at that period and the expedition discovered many new specimens and geographical features which had gone unnoticed by earlier European explorers. Daniell himself discovered the source of the Kuruman river, known as the "eye," which has become one of South Africa's most celebrated natural wonders. His own keen eye and quick pen allowed him to make numerous sketches whilst traveling through South Africa, sketches which were used in his two seminal books African Scenery and Animals at the Cape of Good Hope published between 1804 and 1805 (in two volumes with coloured plates, at £21), and Sketches representing the Native Tribes.of Southern Africa, published in 1820 with uncoloured plates. Thomas Sutton writes of the present work: 'The coloured plates represent local scenery, animals singly or in groups in their natural surroundings, native types, and views of kraals' (p.107). He goes on to sum up the achievement of the work: 'It may safely be said that never before had drawings of animals been presented so beautifully in their natural scenery. Particularly fine are the plates of the gnu, springbok, and the hippopotamus. The landscapes are equally fine, those of Sitsikamma, with the interlacing jungle trees and elephants watering, the Hottentot Kraal, and the Korah Hottentot Village being lovely things. Apart from these, such plates as the Halt of a Boor's Family and Boors returning from Hunting are valuable records of early itinerant life in South Africa . [In this work, Samuel Daniell] shows full control over his medium: his freshness of approach is apparent; his composition and colour are full of beauty; his animals are delicately drawn, his figure-studies full of life and sincerity and warmth' (pp.107 -111). Cf. Abbey Travel 321; cf. Lowndes I, p.588 (incorrect publication date); Mendelssohn I, p.411; Nissen ZBI 1035; T. Sutton The Daniells Artists and Travellers 1; Tooley 168.

Single sheet (17 ¾ x 23 ¾ inches). Fine aquatint engraving of the African Khoikhoi people with original hand color. First edition. A stunning hand-colored aquatint scene showing a group of Khoikhoi, once known as Hottentots, preparing for a journey, from Samuel Daniell's "African Scenery and Animals," which has been called "the scarcest and most valuable of the large atlas folios of South African illustrations. The two volumes form a most magnificent work" (Mendelssohn). "Unable to make a living as a landscape painter in London, Daniell travelled to the Cape of Good Hope in 1799 in the suite of Sir George Yonge, governor and commander-in-chief at the Cape. His subsequent friendship with Lieutenant-General Francis Dundas resulted in his appointment as secretary and draughtsman to a mission to visit the country of the Booshuanas (Bechuanaland) under Mr Truter and Dr Somerville, in October 1801, to purchase cattle to replace those lost in the Cape Frontier War. During the perilous 700 mile trek to Lataku, the seat of King Mooliahaben of the Booshuanas, Daniell made a large number of drawings of the landscape, the wild animals, and the inhabitants of the interior. The full account of this journey is given as an appendix to Sir John Barrow's Voyage to Cochin China (1805), in which four engravings after Daniell's drawings are included. A year later the second edition of Sir John Barrow's Travels into the Interior of South Africa included eight engravings, by Thomas Medland, after Daniell's drawings. Daniell returned to England in 1803 and immediately began to work up his drawings for publication in his most important work African Scenery and Animals" (Charles Greig for DNB). Picturing Animals in Britain, 1750-1850, 86. Abbey. Travel 321. Mendelssohn I, p. 412. Tooley 168.

Single sheet (17 ¾ x 23 ¾ inches). Fine aquatint engraving of an antelope with original hand color. First edition. A stunning hand-colored aquatint of an antelope from Samuel Daniell's "African Scenery and Animals," which has been called "the scarcest and most valuable of the large atlas folios of South African illustrations. The two volumes form a most magnificent work" (Mendelssohn). This beautiful illustration shows the springbok, an extremely fast antelope-gazelle found in southwestern Africa. "Unable to make a living as a landscape painter in London, Daniell travelled to the Cape of Good Hope in 1799 in the suite of Sir George Yonge, governor and commander-in-chief at the Cape. His subsequent friendship with Lieutenant-General Francis Dundas resulted in his appointment as secretary and draughtsman to a mission to visit the country of the Booshuanas (Bechuanaland) under Mr Truter and Dr Somerville, in October 1801, to purchase cattle to replace those lost in the Cape Frontier War. During the perilous 700 mile trek to Lataku, the seat of King Mooliahaben of the Booshuanas, Daniell made a large number of drawings of the landscape, the wild animals, and the inhabitants of the interior. The full account of this journey is given as an appendix to Sir John Barrow's Voyage to Cochin China (1805), in which four engravings after Daniell's drawings are included. A year later the second edition of Sir John Barrow's Travels into the Interior of South Africa included eight engravings, by Thomas Medland, after Daniell's drawings. Daniell returned to England in 1803 and immediately began to work up his drawings for publication in his most important work African Scenery and Animals" (Charles Greig for DNB). Picturing Animals in Britain, 1750-1850, 86. Abbey. Travel 321. Mendelssohn I, p. 412. Tooley 168.

First edition. A stunning hand-colored aquatint scene showing a group of black South Africans, formerly known as "kaffirs" (now acknowledged as an offensive term), from Samuel Daniell's "African Scenery and Animals," which has been called "the scarcest and most valuable of the large atlas folios of South African illustrations. The two volumes form a most magnificent work" (Mendelssohn). "Unable to make a living as a landscape painter in London, Daniell travelled to the Cape of Good Hope in 1799 in the suite of Sir George Yonge, governor and commander-in-chief at the Cape. His subsequent friendship with Lieutenant-General Francis Dundas resulted in his appointment as secretary and draughtsman to a mission to visit the country of the Booshuanas (Bechuanaland) under Mr Truter and Dr Somerville, in October 1801, to purchase cattle to replace those lost in the Cape Frontier War. During the perilous 700 mile trek to Lataku, the seat of King Mooliahaben of the Booshuanas, Daniell made a large number of drawings of the landscape, the wild animals, and the inhabitants of the interior. The full account of this journey is given as an appendix to Sir John Barrow's Voyage to Cochin China (1805), in which four engravings after Daniell's drawings are included. A year later the second edition of Sir John Barrow's Travels into the Interior of South Africa included eight engravings, by Thomas Medland, after Daniell's drawings. Daniell returned to England in 1803 and immediately began to work up his drawings for publication in his most important work African Scenery and Animals" (Charles Greig for DNB). Picturing Animals in Britain, 1750-1850, 86. Abbey. Travel 321. Mendelssohn I, p. 412. Tooley 168.

Single sheet (17 ¾ x 23 ¾ inches). Fine aquatint engraving of a quagga with original hand color. First edition. A stunning hand-colored aquatint of a quagga, an extinct subspecies of zebra, from Samuel Daniell's "African Scenery and Animals," which has been called "the scarcest and most valuable of the large atlas folios of South African illustrations. The two volumes form a most magnificent work" (Mendelssohn). This beautiful illustration shows the quagga, which was found in South Africa until the 19th century when it became extinct. "Unable to make a living as a landscape painter in London, Daniell travelled to the Cape of Good Hope in 1799 in the suite of Sir George Yonge, governor and commander-in-chief at the Cape. His subsequent friendship with Lieutenant-General Francis Dundas resulted in his appointment as secretary and draughtsman to a mission to visit the country of the Booshuanas (Bechuanaland) under Mr Truter and Dr Somerville, in October 1801, to purchase cattle to replace those lost in the Cape Frontier War. During the perilous 700 mile trek to Lataku, the seat of King Mooliahaben of the Booshuanas, Daniell made a large number of drawings of the landscape, the wild animals, and the inhabitants of the interior. The full account of this journey is given as an appendix to Sir John Barrow's Voyage to Cochin China (1805), in which four engravings after Daniell's drawings are included. A year later the second edition of Sir John Barrow's Travels into the Interior of South Africa included eight engravings, by Thomas Medland, after Daniell's drawings. Daniell returned to England in 1803 and immediately began to work up his drawings for publication in his most important work African Scenery and Animals" (Charles Greig for DNB). Picturing Animals in Britain, 1750-1850, 86. Abbey. Travel 321. Mendelssohn I, p. 412. Tooley 168.

Single sheet (17 ¾ x 23 ¾ inches). Fine aquatint engraving of a wildebeest with original hand color. First edition. A stunning hand-colored aquatint of a gnu, or wildebeest, from Samuel Daniell's "African Scenery and Animals," which has been called "the scarcest and most valuable of the large atlas folios of South African illustrations. The two volumes form a most magnificent work" (Mendelssohn). This beautiful illustration shows the gnu, a member of the antelope family native to Africa. "Unable to make a living as a landscape painter in London, Daniell travelled to the Cape of Good Hope in 1799 in the suite of Sir George Yonge, governor and commander-in-chief at the Cape. His subsequent friendship with Lieutenant-General Francis Dundas resulted in his appointment as secretary and draughtsman to a mission to visit the country of the Booshuanas (Bechuanaland) under Mr Truter and Dr Somerville, in October 1801, to purchase cattle to replace those lost in the Cape Frontier War. During the perilous 700 mile trek to Lataku, the seat of King Mooliahaben of the Booshuanas, Daniell made a large number of drawings of the landscape, the wild animals, and the inhabitants of the interior. The full account of this journey is given as an appendix to Sir John Barrow's Voyage to Cochin China (1805), in which four engravings after Daniell's drawings are included. A year later the second edition of Sir John Barrow's Travels into the Interior of South Africa included eight engravings, by Thomas Medland, after Daniell's drawings. Daniell returned to England in 1803 and immediately began to work up his drawings for publication in his most important work African Scenery and Animals" (Charles Greig for DNB). Picturing Animals in Britain, 1750-1850, 86. Abbey. Travel 321. Mendelssohn I, p. 412. Tooley 168.

Single sheet (17 ¾ x 23 ¾ inches). Fine aquatint engraving of an antelope with original hand color. First edition. A stunning hand-colored aquatint of an antelope from Samuel Daniell's "African Scenery and Animals," which has been called "the scarcest and most valuable of the large atlas folios of South African illustrations. The two volumes form a most magnificent work" (Mendelssohn). This beautiful illustration shows the klipspringer, a small species of African antelope. "Unable to make a living as a landscape painter in London, Daniell travelled to the Cape of Good Hope in 1799 in the suite of Sir George Yonge, governor and commander-in-chief at the Cape. His subsequent friendship with Lieutenant-General Francis Dundas resulted in his appointment as secretary and draughtsman to a mission to visit the country of the Booshuanas (Bechuanaland) under Mr Truter and Dr Somerville, in October 1801, to purchase cattle to replace those lost in the Cape Frontier War. During the perilous 700 mile trek to Lataku, the seat of King Mooliahaben of the Booshuanas, Daniell made a large number of drawings of the landscape, the wild animals, and the inhabitants of the interior. The full account of this journey is given as an appendix to Sir John Barrow's Voyage to Cochin China (1805), in which four engravings after Daniell's drawings are included. A year later the second edition of Sir John Barrow's Travels into the Interior of South Africa included eight engravings, by Thomas Medland, after Daniell's drawings. Daniell returned to England in 1803 and immediately began to work up his drawings for publication in his most important work African Scenery and Animals" (Charles Greig for DNB). Picturing Animals in Britain, 1750-1850, 86. Abbey. Travel 321. Mendelssohn I, p. 412. Tooley 168.

"4to (14 x 11 1/4 in.; 35.6 x 28.6 cm). 48 etched plates by William Daniell after Samuel Daniell, 48 text leaves, tissue guards; light, chiefly marginal foxing to most plates. Later half green morocco over green marbled boards, marbled endpapers, spine lettered gilt, top edge gilt; joints lightly rubbed, spine faded to brown. FIRST EDITION, "A MOT BEAUTIFUL AND SENSITIVE WORK" (Abbey). Mendelssohn and Abbey distinguish between two editions, one quarto as in the present instance, and the other oblong folio, the latter considered by Mendelssohn to be the second issue. Known as the "artist-adventurer," Samuel Daniell arrived at the Cape on 9 December 1799, joining an expedition which travelled the perilous 700 miles to Lataku, the seat of King Mooliahaben of the Booshuanas-then the extreme limit of European exploration. His drawings of the landscape, the wild animals, and the inhabitants of the interior became the source for both his African Scenery and Animals (1804-1805) and the present work, published posthumously. His brother William used soft-ground etching for the latter in the belief that it would best "transfuse the spirit of the originals." Daniell's sketches are now highly regarded as an early and sympathetic record of African life. If you have additional queries about this book, please contact Elizabeth Muller senior cataloguer at the Gallery with over two decades of experience as a specialist with Sotheby's New York Books and Manuscripts Dept. REFRENCES: Abbey, Travel 326; Gay 3136; Mendelssohn I, p. 412 (L64F24E)".

Condition: Good. Oblong folio. 35 x 29cm. modern quarter morocco. Letterpress pages slightly shorter than the plates page. .Each plate accompanied by a leaf with descriptive text, by William Somerville and Sir John Barrow.Bookseller etiquette: Thorold's AfricananBooks, Johannesberg.Half-title, 48 soft-ground etched plates by William Daniell after Samuel Daniell, text leaves slightly shorter, spotting, half-title toned, [Abbey Travel 326, "a most beautiful and sensitive work"; Gay 3136; Mendelssohn I, p.412],; Library of Congress Control Number 2021666752.; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 7390865504.Samuel Daniell (1775--1811) was an English painter and draughtsman who arrived in South Africa in December 1799. He was appointed secretary and artist for the expedition of 1801--2 from the Cape of Good Hope to Bechuanaland led by P.J. Truter and William Somerville. On his return to England, Daniell published, with the assistance of his uncle, the painter Thomas Daniell, and his brother, the painter and engraver William Daniell, African Scenery and Animals (1804--5). .He later moved to Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), where he made sketches of scenery and people and eventually died of tropical fever. Following his brother's death, William published Sketches Representing the Native Tribes, Animals, and Scenery of Southern Africa, a collection of 48 engravings based on drawings Samuel had made in Africa. The texts accompanying each illustration are by Somerville and Sir John Barrow, a British geographer and explorer who also participated in early British expeditions in southern Africa. Samuel Daniell sketched animals from life in their natural habitats, and his work was praised for its accuracy and attention to detail. The book also includes sketches of people encountered on the expedition and several vivid landscapes.

Condition: Good. Folio.28.5 x 36cm. Modern morocco spine over contemporary boards. Inscribed "To Mrs Callander from her friend the author, Feby. 6 1827" on the title-page. Dedication page to Leopold, Prince of Saxe Coburg. 48 soft-ground etched plates by William Daniell after Samuel Daniell, some spotting to plate 1 and a few at end but mostly clean, untrimmed. .Each plate accompanied by a leaf with descriptive text, by William Somerville and Sir John Barrow.Half-title, 48 soft-ground etched plates by William Daniell after Samuel Daniell, text leaves slightly shorter, spotting, half-title toned, [Abbey Travel 326, "a most beautiful and sensitive work"; Gay 3136; Mendelssohn I, p.412],; Library of Congress Control Number 2021666752.; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 7390865504.Samuel Daniell (1775--1811) was an English painter and draughtsman who arrived in South Africa in December 1799. He was appointed secretary and artist for the expedition of 1801--2 from the Cape of Good Hope to Bechuanaland led by P.J. Truter and William Somerville. On his return to England, Daniell published, with the assistance of his uncle, the painter Thomas Daniell, and his brother, the painter and engraver William Daniell, African Scenery and Animals (1804--5). .He later moved to Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), where he made sketches of scenery and people and eventually died of tropical fever. Following his brother's death, William published Sketches Representing the Native Tribes, Animals, and Scenery of Southern Africa, a collection of 48 engravings based on drawings Samuel had made in Africa. The texts accompanying each illustration are by Somerville and Sir John Barrow, a British geographer and explorer who also participated in early British expeditions in southern Africa. Samuel Daniell sketched animals from life in their natural habitats, and his work was praised for its accuracy and attention to detail. The book also includes sketches of people encountered on the expedition and several vivid landscapes.

N/A. Condition: Very Good. African Scenery and Animals at the Cape of Good Hope Published: London 1804-1805 Medium: Hand-colored aquatint Dimensions: 18" x 24".

N/A. Condition: Very Good. African Scenery and Animals at the Cape of Good Hope Published: London 1804-1805 Medium: Hand-colored aquatint Dimensions: 18" x 24".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Oblong folio (45 x 58.5 cm.): letterpress title, 11 hand-colored aquatints, several partly printed in color, and one hand-colored lithographic plate (title-page with vertical crease, some light marginal soiling); the 12 captions, which were originally printed on four letterpress leaves in three columns, have here been cut and individually pasted behind each plate, which are all interleaved with sheets of paper watermarked "John Dickinson & Co. 1810". Bound in contemporary half red morocco gilt, grey paper boards, red morocco lettering-piece in center of upper cover. FIRST EDITION OF DANIELL'S VERY RARE WORK ON CEYLON (MODERN SRI LANKA). Thomas Sutton describes Daniell's work in Ceylon as being "of such clarity and outstanding merit," praising the "full control over his medium, freshness of approach; his composition and color are full of beauty; his animals delicately drawn." Samuel Daniell, artist and traveler, was born into a distinguished family of artists that included his brother William Daniell (1769-1837) and uncle Thomas Daniell (1749-1840). Like his older brother, Samuel Daniell cultivated an interest in travel and natural history, which led to his visiting the Cape of Good Hope during the first British occupation of that colony in 1799. After a prolonged stay in Africa from 1799 to 1805, Daniell journeyed to Ceylon, where he lived until his death in Galle in 1811. The magnificent views include Trincomale, "Between Galle & Mattura", the ferry at Caltura, the fishing cove near Columbo, as well as fine portraits of people and animals. Daniell had a varied career in Ceylon: first as Secretary to the Board of Revenue and Commerce, and then as Ranger of Woods and Forests. Both jobs were highly suited to the artist and enabled him to travel extensively about the island, giving plenty of opportunity to sketch much of the local culture, flora and fauna. It is presumed that Daniell s watercolor sketches were sent to his brother, William Daniell, to engrave and publish. REFERENCES: T. Sutton, The Daniells, Artists and Travellers (London, 1954); Abbey Travel 410; Nissen ZBI 1036; Tooley 170; R.K. De Silva, Early Prints of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1800-1900 (London, 1985), pp. 2-23. Book.

Half-Leather. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Oblong folio (45 x 58.5 cm.): letter-press title page and 4 letter-press leaves (each printed in three columns), 12 hand-colored plates (including 11 aquatints and one lithograph, each preceded by original tissue guards); occasional minor finger-soiling, original guards creased with a few spots, closed tear to letterpress title repaired. Bound in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards; rebacked to style with morocco label preserved, corners worn. FIRST EDITION OF DANIELL'S VERY RARE WORK ON CEYLON (MODERN SRI LANKA). Thomas Sutton describes Daniell's work in Ceylon as being "of such clarity and outstanding merit," praising the "full control over his medium, freshness of approach; his composition and color are full of beauty; his animals delicately drawn." Samuel Daniell, artist and traveler, was born into a distinguished family of artists that included his brother William Daniell (1769-1837) and uncle Thomas Daniell (1749-1840). Like his older brother, Samuel Daniell cultivated an interest in travel and natural history, which led to his visiting the Cape of Good Hope during the first British occupation of that colony in 1799. After a prolonged stay in Africa from 1799 to 1805, Daniell journeyed to Ceylon, where he lived until his death in Galle in 1811. The magnificent views include Trincomale, "Between Galle & Mattura", the ferry at Caltura, the fishing cove near Columbo, as well as fine portraits of people and animals. Daniell had a varied career in Ceylon: first as Secretary to the Board of Revenue and Commerce, and then as Ranger of Woods and Forests. Both jobs were highly suited to the artist and enabled him to travel extensively about the island, giving plenty of opportunity to sketch much of the local culture, flora and fauna. It is presumed that Daniell's watercolor sketches were sent to his brother, William Daniell, to engrave and publish. REFERENCES: T. Sutton, The Daniells, Artists and Travellers (London, 1954); Abbey Travel 410; Nissen ZBI 1036; Tooley 170; R.K. De Silva, Early Prints of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1800-1900 (London, 1985), pp. 2-23. Book.

Condition: Good. Two large folios. 47 x 59.5cm. Later half morocco over early marbled boards, neatly rebacked preserving gilt-lettered spine, corners slightly rubbed.Printed on thick paper, all mounted on stubs, some text leaves watermarked 1801. Part I with 5 pages of descriptive text, aquatint title page dedicated to Lieutenant General Francis Dundas and and Plates 1-15. Part II with 5 pages of descriptive text, aquatint title page dedicated to David Davbis and and Plates 16-30.(the aquatint title pages are not numbered).References: Abbey Travel I, 321; Mendelssohn I, p.411; Nissen ZBI 1035; Tooley 168, OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 54153395 : "Issued without a title page. Title taken from the engraved dedication leaves.Organized into two parts, each with an engraved dedication leaf. Originally published in 10 (physical) parts, each containing three plates.".Provenance: John Gaspard Gubbins (6 January 1877 Upham, Hampshire - 12 November 1935 Johannesburg). He was an Africana collector and writer. He was the son of a rector Richard Shard Gubbins (1 December 1826 St. Marylebone, London - 23 October 1884 Herne Hill, London) and Ellen Rolls (30 August 1845 Monmouthshire, Wales 1902 Kensington, London) who were married on 21 November 1865.Gubbins was educated at Haileybury and Clare College at Cambridge.Samuel Daniell (1775-1811) was an English painter and draughtsman who arrived in South Africa in December 1799. He was appointed secretary and artist for the expedition of 1801--2 from the Cape of Good Hope to Bechuanaland led by P.J. Truter and William Somerville. On his return to England, Daniell published, with the assistance of his uncle, the painter Thomas Daniell, and his brother, the painter and engraver William Daniell, African Scenery and Animals (1804--5). .He later moved to Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), where he made sketches of scenery and people and eventually died of tropical fever. Samuel Daniell sketched animals from life in their natural habitats, and his work was praised for its accuracy and attention to detail. The book also includes sketches of people encountered on the expedition and several vivid landscapes. The individual plates as follows:1. The title-page to the first part, the text on a large rock with a lion skin draped over it, two native tribesmen on either side, one bearing a shield and spear and the other crouching with his bow, an aloe to the left.2. A view of a Khoikhoi (or Hottentot) village of the Korah tribe on the banks of the Orange River, tribesmen crossing the river with their sheep on submerged logs and another driving his flock to the water, cattle beyond, goats and a reclining figure before a wicker hut, trees lining the shore of the river.3. Three San (or Bushmen) hunters armed with bows and arrows and clothed only in loincloths, two standing with elaborate head-dresses and the other reclining with an ostrich feather plume in his hair, a dog and an ostrich egg at their feet, a woman beyond with her children, huts and other San to the right by their campfires, other people on the plains beyond at the foot of the mountains in the distance.4. A white-tailed gnu (Connochaetes gnou) standing on a rocky outcrop pawing at the ground, other wildebeest and hartebeest grazing to the left, ostriches beyond and a hunt in the distance, mountains beyond.5. A view of a native (possibly Zulu) village on the banks of a small lake, huts on the low hills and at the water's edge, cattle watering in the lake and walking down the slope beyond, tribesmen and women going about their business, mountains beyond.6. Native tribesmen (possibly Zulus) on a march, two warriors to the foregorund armed with spears and shields and with elaborate headresses, a woman mounted on an ox and another cow being tended by a tribesman, other natives beyond with their cattle in the wooded landscape.7. Three greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), a male, female and a reclining juvenile, wooded cliffs behind and a hunt in the distance.8. A view of a Tswana hut surrounded by a high wall, two women, a child and a man gathered round the cooking fire in the courtyard, the child playing with a dog and one of the women preparing food, other dwellings on the hill beyond with cattle under the shade of the trees.9. Tswana people, a woman with a child tied to her back and an adze over her shoulder, a warrior and another child seated on a leopard-skin to the right and a woman smoking from a horn pipe behind, other tribesmen tending their cattle or shading themselves with palm fronds beyond, a village in the distance.10. A male impala (Aepyceros melampus) and a reclining female and baby beyond, a stream to the right and spreading trees to the left, other impala in the shade beyond.11. A view of the new theatre and Hottentot Square (now Riebeeck Square) in Cape Town, a mounted settler accompanied by native guides riding after a cart pulled by a team of oxen, two natives in conversation to the foreground, people going about their business beyond, Table Mountain in the distance.12. Two mounted Boers and their party returning from the hunt, one dressed in a blue coat and wide hat with his rifle slung at his side and a gray rhebok over his saddle, a native servant walking behind carrying a rifle and a dead springhare by the feet, a dog at his side, two other natives and a waggon drawn by horses beyond, the house to the right with a Boer man and woman waiting on the veranda.13. A common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), others in the water to the left and amongst the reeds, a hunting party in the distance.14. A view of the military station at Algoa Bay, the small European building to the left and flying an ensign, cattle at the water's edge of an inlet leading out to the sea beyond, a boat on the water.15. Four bust-length portraits of native people, two Khoikhoi and two described as 'kaffirs' (possibly Zulus).16. A quagga (Equus quagga quagga), another quagga and a foal grazing behind, common eland on the hill beyon.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Samuel Daniell (British, 1775-1811) Album of field-sketches of Indian and Sri Lankan birds The oblong folio contains 19 watercolor drawings mounted on blue paper with contemporary and later pencil annotations ca. 1806 Samuel Daniell (17751811) was an English landscape painter and draftsman. Daniell began exhibiting at the Academy in 1792 and 1793, a likely student of painter Thomas Medland. His curiosity led him to South Africa in December 1799. Daniell was appointed secretary and artist for the expedition of 18012 from the Cape of Good Hope to Bechuanaland led by P.J. Truter and William Somerville. On his return to England, Daniell published, with his uncle's assistance, the painter Thomas Daniell, and his brother, the painter and engraver William Daniell, African Scenery and Animals (18045). He later moved to Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), where he made sketches of scenery and people and eventually died of tropical fever. Following his brother's death, William published Sketches Representing the Native Tribes, Animals, and Scenery of Southern Africa, a collection of 48 engravings based on drawings Samuel had made in Africa. The texts accompanying each illustration are by Somerville and Sir John Barrow, a British geographer and explorer who also participated in early British expeditions in southern Africa. Samuel Daniell sketched animals from life in their natural habitats, and his work praised for its accuracy and attention to detail. Full set of images can be provided on request. Loca: 6.3BC.19D.