Samuel Daniell (Chertsey 1775-1811 Ceylon)

Eight sheets of sketches including: Studies of the head, nose and antlers of a musk deer of Ceylon; A musk deer in a wooded landscape (recto) and Study of a reclining gentleman reading (verso); Studies of a squirrel; Studies of a tree; Studies of a deer; Studies of cattle and a figure beside a tent; Studies of figures and oxen before a well; and Studies of oxen and a cart before a temple

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Samuel Daniell (Chertsey 1775-1811 Ceylon)
Eight sheets of sketches including: Studies of the head, nose and antlers of a musk deer of Ceylon; A musk deer in a wooded landscape (recto) and Study of a reclining gentleman reading (verso); Studies of a squirrel; Studies of a tree; Studies of a deer; Studies of cattle and a figure beside a tent; Studies of figures and oxen before a well; and Studies of oxen and a cart before a temple
one inscribed 'Reflection (?)' (lower left) and further inscribed with the artist's shorthand, one signed 'Daniell' (lower right) and further inscribed with colour notes
two pencil and watercolour, one pencil and ochre wash, two pencil, pen and brown ink, three pencil, one with partial watermark J WHATMAN/1801, one with Fleur de Lys watermark, on paper, six unframed
11¼ x 8¼ in. (28.5 x 21 cm.); and smaller (8)

Lot Essay

A painter of natural history and the younger brother of William Daniell (1769-1837) and nephew of Thomas Daniell (1749-1840), Samuel Daniell arrived in Ceylon in 1805, where he was appointed by the Governor to the post of 'Ranger of the Woods and Forest'. He remained on the island until his death from tropical fever in 1811.

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