Andrew Arthur Anderson (active c. 1850-96)

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Andrew Arthur Anderson (active c. 1850-96)

Review of 300 of the 24^t^h Regiment (sent to quell the Kimberly Riots) by Sir Richard Southey, Governor of the Diamond Fields, South Africa, and General Cunningham; and Camp of 300 of the 24^t^h Regiment, the first British troops that ever crossed the Vaal River, Diamond Fields, South Africa, July 2nd 1875

one inscribed 'The Camp of the first British Troops that ever crossed', both with inscription as title and with inscription 'PAINTED BY ANDERSON THE GREAT AFRICAN TRAVELLER', watercolour, unframed
12 5/8 x 21 15/16in. (32 x 55.8cm.)
12 11/16 x 22 3/8in. (32.2 x 56.8cm.)
two (2)

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A large collection of watercolours by Anderson, a Scottish settler in Natal who travelled extensively in South Africa between 1860-90, is in the Africana Museum, Johannesburg (R.F. Kennedy, Catalogue of Pictures in the Africana Museum, Johannesburg, 1966, I, A23-A122)

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