Sketches of Natives, Animals, and Scenery of Southern Africa,

£900 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

This copy includes 2 pencil sketches probably by Daniell laid in (4 river vessels on one sheet, one on the other).Daniell accompanied Dr. Somerville and John Barrow on an expedition into the interior of South Africa. Their expedition reached Lataku, the furthest point reached by Europeans at that time. All of the images in this work were drawn on the expedition. Daniell always insisted on drawing live subjects to better understand, and thus depict, them. Abbey 326; Mendelssohn, p413.

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